Hi Glenn, Like most other people, my first suspicious would have been "Line In" versus "Microphone In" (i.e., pre-amp issue), but you wrote that the input level is showing 60-70% already. Here is a little app that you might use to compare your Internal and external microphones:
http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/Archive/gst/snd/audio-in-103.hqx Is there any visual difference in their input? James. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>