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From: Kyle Elmblade <[log in to unmask]>
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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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