AppleDesign Powered Speakers volume issue

2011-03-28 Thread Glen Waterman 
I have a pair of these speakers (M6082) that I use for good stereo
sound with an iBook clamshell. I got them for free (a local Salvation
Army was about to throw them out!), so I can't say I know much about
their operational history, but I've noticed an issue with them. Most
of the time, they work wonderfully, but if the volume of the music is
very quiet when compared to the rest of a track (say, the first few
notes of the slide guitar solo in Zeppelin's 'What Is and What Should
Never Be' for example), the sound will cut out completely. It's not a
big deal, but it does kinda kill the mood when there's supposed to be
a soft part and it just suddenly disappears until the song gets louder
again. Increasing the volume usually will do the trick (as the little
OS X volume pop is usually loud enough for it), but at night when
others are sleeping, that's not an option.

Is this a known design/performance issue with these types of speakers,
or is it just mine? I can't complain a bit about their cost-
effectiveness, but I figured someone here might be able to satiate my
curiosity. Thanks in advance.

-- 
-
You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group.
The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our 
netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml
To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com
To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at 
http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs

Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/

Re: AppleDesign Powered Speakers volume issue

2011-03-29 Thread Jeff Walther 


On Mar 28, 10:14 pm, Glen Waterman  wrote:
> but if the volume of the music is
> very quiet when compared to the rest of a track (say, the first few
> notes of the slide guitar solo in Zeppelin's 'What Is and What Should
> Never Be' for example), the sound will cut out completely.

> Is this a known design/performance issue with these types of speakers,
> or is it just mine?

I don't know about those specific speakers.  However, there were a
number of speaker models from various manufacturers, back in the day,
which had circuitry to turn the amplifiers off and save power if there
was no signal coming from the source.   Some of these speakers had
trouble with low volume passages, and would go to sleep during those
passages, thus ruining the enjoyment of such pieces.

You might try playing the same musical piece with the volume of your
Macintosh set to the highest level (in the Sound Control Panel) and
see if it still happens, if you aren't already operating that way.

Jeff Walther

-- 
-
You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group.
The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our 
netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml
To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com
To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at 
http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs

Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/