Re: Bad sound from iMac headphone jacks

2003-05-11 Thread Matthew Buckett
Chris Tillman wrote: On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 08:13:23PM +0100, Matthew Buckett wrote: aumix seems to mute the speakers independently, using the top 2 rows to control the internal and external outputs. Well I've now switched to experimenting with ALSA more and although the Speaker volume does

Re: Bad sound from iMac headphone jacks

2003-05-06 Thread Rogério Brito
On May 06 2003, Edward G. Speyer wrote: > I did use to have horribly distorted sound, and found that it was > fixed by reducing the `pcm' setting to 50%. Don't know what it > does, but it cheered me up to have sound working. I see this also on my i386 with a es1371 sound card, which

Re: Bad sound from iMac headphone jacks

2003-05-06 Thread Edward G. Speyer
On Thu, 1 May 2003, Matthew Buckett wrote: > I'm running debian woody on a iMac 350 (slot loading) and I seem to get > problems with the sound when it is sent through the headphones socket on > the right of the machine. The sound is rough, not crackly, it's > difficult to describe but definatly wr

Re: Bad sound from iMac headphone jacks

2003-05-04 Thread Segher Boessenkool
Matthew Buckett wrote: That is not a headphone socket -- it is a line-level socket. Ok, not being an audio person, what is the differnce between a line level socket and a headphones socket? Different voltage, different impedance. Is a headphone socket for devices without build in amplifiers

Re: Bad sound from iMac headphone jacks

2003-05-04 Thread Nathanael Hasbrouck
Ok, not being an audio person, what is the differnce between a line level socket and a headphones socket? A line level source has a higher voltage or something, and/or runs at a different impedance. I think. :^) Is a headphone socket for devices without build in amplifiers? and a line level

Re: Bad sound from iMac headphone jacks

2003-05-04 Thread Matthew Buckett
Segher Boessenkool wrote: Matthew Buckett wrote: I'm running debian woody on a iMac 350 (slot loading) and I seem to get problems with the sound when it is sent through the headphones socket on the right of the machine. The sound is rough, not crackly, it's That is not a headphone socket --

Re: Bad sound from iMac headphone jacks

2003-05-03 Thread Segher Boessenkool
Matthew Buckett wrote: I'm running debian woody on a iMac 350 (slot loading) and I seem to get problems with the sound when it is sent through the headphones socket on the right of the machine. The sound is rough, not crackly, it's That is not a headphone socket -- it is a line-level socket.

Re: Bad sound from iMac headphone jacks

2003-05-02 Thread Matthew Buckett
Hi Matthew, Sorry this is directed to you rather than the list, but I'm having problems. You could paste this in a mail to the list to keep your thread alive if you like. On Thursday, May 1, 2003, at 08:13 PM, Matthew Buckett wrote: I'm running debian woody on a iMac 350 (slot loading) and I s

Re: Bad sound from iMac headphone jacks

2003-05-01 Thread Chris Tillman
On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 08:13:23PM +0100, Matthew Buckett wrote: > I'm running debian woody on a iMac 350 (slot loading) and I seem to get > problems with the sound when it is sent through the headphones socket on > the right of the machine. The sound is rough, not crackly, it's > difficult to d

Bad sound from iMac headphone jacks

2003-05-01 Thread Matthew Buckett
I'm running debian woody on a iMac 350 (slot loading) and I seem to get problems with the sound when it is sent through the headphones socket on the right of the machine. The sound is rough, not crackly, it's difficult to describe but definatly wrong. I think the sound is ok through the speaker