Ive just plugged in the Cube speakers into my G4 400 tower and with all the sound settings up to maximum. But they are sooo much more quiet than when they were on the cube??
<strong>Ive just plugged in the Cube speakers into my G4 400 tower and with all the sound settings up to maximum. But they are sooo much more quiet than when they were on the cube??
Whats the difference?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Probabily the amplification section of the cube is better. Perhaps the impedance of the Cube speakers is more important than the impedance of the Towers speakers : it can make a difference.
<strong>Ive just plugged in the Cube speakers into my G4 400 tower and with all the sound settings up to maximum. But they are sooo much more quiet than when they were on the cube??
Whats the difference?</strong><hr></blockquote>
sounds like you have either a sawtooth or yikes G4/400. The apple pro speakers require the apple "digital" audio connector which is identical to a normal sound out but is amplified via the internal ampliflier. Your PowerMac lacks the amplifier and therefore the speakers won't work
<strong>The Apple Pro Speaker connector is not the same as a normal miniplug. It's smaller, thinner. I assume he's talking about the real Cube speakers...
In that case, I believe they just aren't compatible with anything other than the Cube.</strong><hr></blockquote>
is it really? guess it does look a bit thinner.
the cube speakers were amplified through USB right? I think they had juiced up USB or something.
yea, there is an Apple TIL article about that. Apparantly the Cube had more powerful USB ports. Not sure how they did that but apparantly that is why they are low on the powermac
<strong>Ive just plugged in the Cube speakers into my G4 400 tower and with all the sound settings up to maximum. But they are sooo much more quiet than when they were on the cube??
Whats the difference?</strong><hr></blockquote>
you need a USB of 500 mA power output to make the Cube USB speaker work, otherwise it would only be as loud as a headphone speaker.
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<strong>Ive just plugged in the Cube speakers into my G4 400 tower and with all the sound settings up to maximum. But they are sooo much more quiet than when they were on the cube??
Whats the difference?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Probabily the amplification section of the cube is better. Perhaps the impedance of the Cube speakers is more important than the impedance of the Towers speakers : it can make a difference.
<strong>Ive just plugged in the Cube speakers into my G4 400 tower and with all the sound settings up to maximum. But they are sooo much more quiet than when they were on the cube??
Whats the difference?</strong><hr></blockquote>
sounds like you have either a sawtooth or yikes G4/400. The apple pro speakers require the apple "digital" audio connector which is identical to a normal sound out but is amplified via the internal ampliflier. Your PowerMac lacks the amplifier and therefore the speakers won't work
In that case, I believe they just aren't compatible with anything other than the Cube.
<strong>The Apple Pro Speaker connector is not the same as a normal miniplug. It's smaller, thinner. I assume he's talking about the real Cube speakers...
In that case, I believe they just aren't compatible with anything other than the Cube.</strong><hr></blockquote>
is it really? guess it does look a bit thinner.
the cube speakers were amplified through USB right? I think they had juiced up USB or something.
... memory failing
The speakers plug straight into the USB port
And im talking about the 'ball' speakers!
Just not as loud on the G4 400 than the Cube
But they do work
??
<strong>Yes I have Yikes G4 400
The speakers plug straight into the USB port
And im talking about the 'ball' speakers!
Just not as loud on the G4 400 than the Cube
But they do work
??</strong><hr></blockquote>
yea, there is an Apple TIL article about that. Apparantly the Cube had more powerful USB ports. Not sure how they did that but apparantly that is why they are low on the powermac
<strong>Ive just plugged in the Cube speakers into my G4 400 tower and with all the sound settings up to maximum. But they are sooo much more quiet than when they were on the cube??
Whats the difference?</strong><hr></blockquote>
you need a USB of 500 mA power output to make the Cube USB speaker work, otherwise it would only be as loud as a headphone speaker.