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#1 2008-02-28 11:11 am
About the iMac G3's internal speakers....
Can I use them as external by connecting them to a stereo miniplug?
If so, how?
I googled, by I couldn't find anything..
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#2 2008-02-28 6:24 pm
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Re: About the iMac G3's internal speakers....
I'd imagine it would work.
Try it and find out?
Seems to me all you'd have to do would be to yank 'em out, plug them into a mini plug lead headphone-style, and then attach them. Add an amplifier if you need to.
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#3 2008-03-03 4:57 pm
Re: About the iMac G3's internal speakers....
Ok, I did it. They "work". But sure enough they don't sound very loud. The iTunes equalizer does help A LOT, but I can't use it for the whole system.
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#4 2008-03-03 5:36 pm
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Re: About the iMac G3's internal speakers....
Probably needs some kind of amplifier to work above headphone level.
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#5 2008-03-03 5:40 pm
Re: About the iMac G3's internal speakers....
dvpierce wrote:
Probably needs some kind of amplifier to work above headphone level.
Yeah... but I think that would be too much trouble/not worth it.
They still sound a lot better than the mini's internal speaker, even if I have to turn the volume all the way up.
Oh, yeah, I'm using them on a mini.
I will most likely buy real external speakers eventually, but I wanted to try and... "recycle" the old iMac's speakers.
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