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From: Kyle Elmblade <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Sound Card Question
> Your sound card should have a "Speaker Out" and a "Line Out". The
"Speaker
> Out" is an amplified output. Granted, some sound cards do not have
much
> power and may not put out much, but it is still amplified. The "Line
Out"
> just supplies signal. This is what you want to run to your 100W
amplifier.
> You can run the "Speaker Out" to it, but the double-amplified sound
will
> come out dirtier than a pure signal going to one amplifier.
>
> I do want to qualify something here. There are some sound cards that
do NOT
> have "Line Out" jacks. I believe the Creative Labs 128PCI is one of
those
> cards, but I cannot verify this. If you are unlucky enough not to
have a
> "Line Out" you can still use the "Speaker Out". I would make sure the
> internal mixer has the volume turned down as low as possible if you
need to
> do this. Hope this helps.
>
I believe that some SoundBlaster cards that did not have a separate
"line out" jack had a jumper to disable the internal amplifier for just
such cases. Check the documentation for your sound card.
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Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>
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