Lou and all:
Well, I picked up a set of "cybersound" amplified speakers at Staples late
this afternoon, and will give them a try tomorrow. Like was suggested on
the list, they cost me $15. Not the greatest speakers, I know, but as long
as they speak JAWS and the wave files with some sort of clarity, I should be
ok for what I want to do with that old hamshack computer.
Just haven't had time tonight because of other things going on.
Will keep you posted for sure.
Thanks for hanging in there with me on this one.
Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: continuing saga with pentium 566 and soundblaster sound card
adaptation
> Hi Tom.
>
> Are the speakers amplified speakers? Most newer sound cards do not have
> the amplifier on the card, but rather presume that there will be an
> amplifier in the speakers. Some earlier cards such as the classic Sound
> Blaster 16 had the amplifier right on the card, and some mother board
based
> sound cards also have the amplifier on the board. If you use speakers
that
> came with a card that had an amplifier on a new card that doesn't have a
> built in amplifier, you will get the results you are describing. The
> solution is to get an amplified speaker.
>
> You can test this pretty easily. If you put a music CD in your CD-ROM
> drive (or whatever flavor of CD drive you have in the computer), and then
> plug the speakers into the headphone jack of the CD drive, and you get the
> same low audio, then you have a set of unamplified speakers. The good
news
> is that amplified computer speakers aren't very expensive, generally $10
to
> about $40 depending upon how much power and fidelity you want out of the
> speakers.
>
> Good luck, and 73.
> --Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 12:44 PM 1/7/2006 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hi, all.
> >
> >Well, here's the latest and greatest update on my situation with the
Pentium
> >566 computer, and sound-blaster sound card adaptation.
> >
> >Thanks to Steve's instructions, we were able to get the sound blaster
sound
> >card to work with the 566. The computer now uses the sound blaster sound
> >card exclusively, and Jaws and the n3fjp logging software audio wave
files
> >work pretty well together.
> >
> >But, I continue to have the problem that the sound blaster gives more
volume
> >with my MFJ 392 communications headphones, than with the stereo speakers
> >that come with the computer. I plug the computer stereo speakers into
the
> >headphone jack of the soundblaster unit, and still get very low volume.
> >
> >I have even tried an adapter from the stereo phono plug to an RCA plug,
and
> >plugged the RCA into one of the stereo outputs on the soundblaster and
still
> >get low volume.
> >
> >Jim Johnson suggested that my problem could be that I need amplified
> >speakers.
> >
> >Is that true?
> >
> >I've tried working with the various volume control settings in the
control
> >panel under entertainment with still no luck.
> >
> >Are there any other settings I should be checking somewhere, or do I need
to
> >get some amplified speakers?
> >
> >Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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