| AppleDesign Powered Speakers - A Mockingboard Companion [message #379205] |
Mon, 31 December 2018 15:47  |
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Originally posted by: Cloudschatze
Since obtaining a Mockingboard variant several weeks ago, I've been dismayed with the amount of system bus-noise present in the audio output. One of the niceties of a CompactFlash-based hard-drive solution is its silence - I neither need, nor want, aural disk-access cues, and am indignant to having to turn down/off the speakers outside of general listening. ;)
Fortunately, I've found an alternate solution: pairing the Mockingboard with a set of AppleDesign Powered Speakers (M6082).
Not to be confused with simple Apple fanboyism, there is an actual benefit here - the 1/8" stereo input of the AppleDesign speakers is noise-gated. That is, a sufficient input level is required to activate the amplication circuit, the end result being the "silencing" of unwanted bus noise, except during legitimate Mockingboard activity.
The downside? The AppleDesign speakers are fairly anemic in the lower registers. The subwoofer out demands to be leveraged. To that end, I've complemented the pair with an aesthetically-similar Altec Lansing ACS-250, resulting in a sonic world of difference.
Along with the Mockingboard, the output from an AppleCD SC feeds the (non-gated) RCA inputs. With everything looking and sounding its part (beige/platinum color-clashing notwithstanding), I'm finding this to be an ideal, and perhaps perfect, speaker configuration for my //e.
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| Re: AppleDesign Powered Speakers - A Mockingboard Companion [message #379220 is a reply to message #379205] |
Tue, 01 January 2019 02:11  |
sicklittlemonkey
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On Tuesday, 1 January 2019 09:48:00 UTC+13, Cloudschatze wrote:
> Since obtaining a Mockingboard variant several weeks ago, I've been dismayed with the amount of system bus-noise present in the audio output.
Nice. It would be good to know which of the MB's & clones have more/less bus noise.
Is yours an original?
Cheers,
Nick.
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