The new iMacs (soon!) do not have Audio line in (and out) jacks, but do have a Headphone jack. This may also apply to current MacBook Airs. I assume an external mic could be plugged into the headphone jack, and that any audio source could similarly be connected the same way.
However, I am concerned with input levels. Normally a microphone is a low-level device and uses a pre-amp, whereas the output of an audio device (such as a cassette tape player) is normally connected to Line In at a much higher level. Have WAMUGgers any comment on the technical aspects of using a mic input for (relatively) high level audio? Are there compromises with the physical safety of the iMac input electronics plus audio sound quality? Any MacBook Air users tried using the headphone jack as a line in port? Regards, Alan Alan Smith Late 2009 iMac 21.5" Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 12G RAM - OSX 10.8.2 iPad2; ATV2 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20121028/014bfefd/attachment.htm -- 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> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
