ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu (Doug) (10/31/90)
Does anyone know if the A10 C= speakers are worth it? -- ---------------------------------//------------------------------------- Doug Dyer Clemson University // "Splunge!" - MP ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu \\ // -----------------------------\X/----------------------------------------
mhenders@draco.unm.edu (Stinger) (11/01/90)
The A10 speakers are a pathetic attempt at an accessory. Go get some
self powered Bose speakers. The Tandy self amped speakers work nicely as
well. The A10's that I saw on display (and heard) were nothing more than a
self amplified instrumental woofer which produce lots of shrilled highs and
a nice muddy mid-range w/ NO bass. I would not recommend them at all for
any purpose.
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(* /// ( computer hypocondriac ) *)ls3c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Laurence D. Silverman) (11/03/90)
I just received my A-10 speakers a couple of days ago. They're quite good. They've got a treble and a bass boost. The volume isn't earth-shattering, but the tonal quality is excellent. I think they well worth it. -Laurence Silverman Carnegie Mellon University ls3c@andrew.cmu.edu
sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) (11/10/90)
ls3c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Laurence D. Silverman) writes: > I just received my A-10 speakers a couple of days ago. They're quite >good. They've got a treble and a bass boost. The volume isn't >earth-shattering, but the tonal quality is excellent. I think they well >worth it. Can these be the same A10 speakers I saw and heard at my local dealer? I thought they were awful. Low volume, tinny sounding. They sounded like the speaker in one of those handheld transistor radios (not the walkmans, the kind that was popular in the 60's.) Plug your Amiga into a REAL stereo. You will be AMAZED at the difference. -- John Sparks |D.I.S.K. Public Access Unix System| Multi-User Games, Email sparks@corpane.UUCP |PH: (502) 968-DISK 24Hrs/2400BPS | Usenet, Chatting, =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-|7 line Multi-User system. | Downloads & more. A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of----Ogden Nash
ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu (Doug) (11/11/90)
sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes: >Plug your Amiga into a REAL stereo. You will be AMAZED at the difference. Well, I got my A3000 (exactly *ONE* week after I mailed my order!) and with it I got the A10 speakers ($29) so my stereo wouldn't be taken up. For that reason, these things are well made and sound good. They are also more portable than my stereo when I need to take the computer somewhere. However, NOTHING beats blasting the amiga through my STEREO! all I have is DEMO REEL 3, what's good for sounds (pd)? >-- >John Sparks |D.I.S.K. Public Access Unix System| Multi-User Games, Email >sparks@corpane.UUCP |PH: (502) 968-DISK 24Hrs/2400BPS | Usenet, Chatting, >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-|7 line Multi-User system. | Downloads & more. >A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of----Ogden Nash Your humble ex-ibm-cloner who has seen the light, -- ---------------------------------//------------------------------------- Doug Dyer Clemson University // "Splunge!" - MP ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu \\ // -----------------------------\X/----------------------------------------
zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) (11/16/90)
In article <3638@corpane.UUCP> sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes: >ls3c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Laurence D. Silverman) writes: > > >> I just received my A-10 speakers a couple of days ago. They're quite >>good. They've got a treble and a bass boost. The volume isn't >>earth-shattering, but the tonal quality is excellent. I think they well >>worth it. > >Can these be the same A10 speakers I saw and heard at my local dealer? >I thought they were awful. Low volume, tinny sounding. They sounded like >the speaker in one of those handheld transistor radios (not the walkmans, >the kind that was popular in the 60's.) There is a big button on the front these buggers. If you don't push the button in, you get exactly the sound you just described. If you do push it in, you get surprisingly good sound out of such a little box (this is the bass boost). The treble boost on the back helps, too. >Plug your Amiga into a REAL stereo. You will be AMAZED at the difference. My former roommate has a monster stereo, with great big woofers. I had the Amiga hooked up to that and was playing Alien Syndrome (thus this post doesn't need to go into .hardware). I don't know how many of you have played this one, but there is a heavy base line in the music. Not too interesting, mind you. It just goes "Womp. Womp. Womp. Womp. Womp.", etc. and so on ad infinitum. Anyway, I guess I had the volume turned up a little too high, because the apartment manager came over and chewed me out for the noise. That bass really carries, and she was in the next apartment! In other words, maybe plugging your Amiga into the stereo isn't such a good idea, after all. Dan Zerkle zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu (916) 754-0240 Amiga... Because life is too short for boring computers.