Just wondering if I leave it cranked up to max volume if it will damage them (I'm obssesed today with U2's Vertigo, which I've been playing really loudly). Are the internal speakers replaceable? I didn't see anything on Apple's website about this.
the internal speakers .. technically you should buy a new midplane to replace the blown out ones.
if you want a loud volume out of the imac, get airport express and use external speakers to play the music. you don't want to blow out the internal speakers.
by the way, having serviced imacs, so far haven't seen even one blown speaker case.
I wouldn't worry. Since Apple supplies the amp that feeds the speakers, I would bet that they picked one within the power specifications of the speakers it drives.
So, that pretty much rules out a Back-to-the-Future-esque blow out. As for constant wear and tear having an adverse affect on your speaker cones, I think you should be OK. That usually takes years of speaker abuse to accomplish.
So, that pretty much rules out a Back-to-the-Future-esque blow out. As for constant wear and tear having an adverse affect on your speaker cones, I think you should be OK. That usually takes years of speaker abuse to accomplish.
Or one 3 hour session of trying to be louder than the drummer. But those weren't iMac speakers hooked up to my amp that time.
Or one 3 hour session of trying to be louder than the drummer. But those weren't iMac speakers hooked up to my amp that time.
When you buy my all-digital guitar & amp system, you won't have this problem. Of course, it's just a few pages of ideas in a notebook right now, but I know what I'm doing.
Moving on, I can assure you that in the manual for your amp it mentioned somewhere that you shouldn't crank it all the way with the speaker(s) you were using.
I wouldn't worry. Since Apple supplies the amp that feeds the speakers, I would bet that they picked one within the power specifications of the speakers it drives.
So, that pretty much rules out a Back-to-the-Future-esque blow out. As for constant wear and tear having an adverse affect on your speaker cones, I think you should be OK. That usually takes years of speaker abuse to accomplish.
Thanks. I now feel free to abuse my eardrums without worrying about replacing the speakers.
When you buy my all-digital guitar & amp system, you won't have this problem. Of course, it's just a few pages of ideas in a notebook right now, but I know what I'm doing.
Moving on, I can assure you that in the manual for your amp it mentioned somewhere that you shouldn't crank it all the way with the speaker(s) you were using.
Nah, I think my 580W amp and 2x10 & 1x15 will be more than I'll ever need. If I ever went serious digital, I'd probably grap an Euphonic Audio iAmp800 amp. That and a couple of Eden d410xlts and I'd be in constant heaven.
Do I need Airport Express in order to connect external speakers?
- T.I.
No, just run a cord from your headphone jack to your speakers/stereo. I do this all the time. My iMac & PowerBook are connected to my Altec Lansing computer speaker setup & my iPod connects up to my Technics home stereo.
Just make sure to get the right cord & you'll be all set.
The iMac has optical audio out, too. I hadn't ever seen it on the specs page, and just barely noticed the little "optical" printed on the back of the machine next to the audio port while I was setting up my girlfriend's new 20".
The thing sounds absolutely awesome with the optical out hooked to a creative labs decoder, and that into my Klipsch 5.1 Ultras
I hear ya, my Technics does Pro-Logic surround sound. I don't have digital surround yet though but I'm still quite happy with the Pro-Logic for my purposes.
No, just run a cord from your headphone jack to your speakers/stereo. I do this all the time. My iMac & PowerBook are connected to my Altec Lansing computer speaker setup & my iPod connects up to my Technics home stereo.
Just make sure to get the right cord & you'll be all set.
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if you want a loud volume out of the imac, get airport express and use external speakers to play the music. you don't want to blow out the internal speakers.
by the way, having serviced imacs, so far haven't seen even one blown speaker case.
So, that pretty much rules out a Back-to-the-Future-esque blow out. As for constant wear and tear having an adverse affect on your speaker cones, I think you should be OK. That usually takes years of speaker abuse to accomplish.
Originally posted by Splinemodel
So, that pretty much rules out a Back-to-the-Future-esque blow out. As for constant wear and tear having an adverse affect on your speaker cones, I think you should be OK. That usually takes years of speaker abuse to accomplish.
Or one 3 hour session of trying to be louder than the drummer. But those weren't iMac speakers hooked up to my amp that time.
Originally posted by PBG4 Dude
Or one 3 hour session of trying to be louder than the drummer. But those weren't iMac speakers hooked up to my amp that time.
When you buy my all-digital guitar & amp system, you won't have this problem. Of course, it's just a few pages of ideas in a notebook right now, but I know what I'm doing.
Moving on, I can assure you that in the manual for your amp it mentioned somewhere that you shouldn't crank it all the way with the speaker(s) you were using.
Originally posted by Splinemodel
I wouldn't worry. Since Apple supplies the amp that feeds the speakers, I would bet that they picked one within the power specifications of the speakers it drives.
So, that pretty much rules out a Back-to-the-Future-esque blow out. As for constant wear and tear having an adverse affect on your speaker cones, I think you should be OK. That usually takes years of speaker abuse to accomplish.
Thanks. I now feel free to abuse my eardrums without worrying about replacing the speakers.
Originally posted by Splinemodel
When you buy my all-digital guitar & amp system, you won't have this problem. Of course, it's just a few pages of ideas in a notebook right now, but I know what I'm doing.
Moving on, I can assure you that in the manual for your amp it mentioned somewhere that you shouldn't crank it all the way with the speaker(s) you were using.
Nah, I think my 580W amp and 2x10 & 1x15 will be more than I'll ever need.
Originally posted by Giaguara
if you want a loud volume out of the imac, get airport express and use external speakers to play the music.
Do I need Airport Express in order to connect external speakers?
- T.I.
Originally posted by The Installer
Do I need Airport Express in order to connect external speakers?
- T.I.
No, just run a cord from your headphone jack to your speakers/stereo. I do this all the time. My iMac & PowerBook are connected to my Altec Lansing computer speaker setup & my iPod connects up to my Technics home stereo.
Just make sure to get the right cord & you'll be all set.
The thing sounds absolutely awesome with the optical out hooked to a creative labs decoder, and that into my Klipsch 5.1 Ultras
Surround sound is way cooler than stereo!
-Ender
Originally posted by PBG4 Dude
Or one 3 hour session of trying to be louder than the drummer. But those weren't iMac speakers hooked up to my amp that time.
You have to be careful about going to 11.
Originally posted by PBG4 Dude
No, just run a cord from your headphone jack to your speakers/stereo. I do this all the time. My iMac & PowerBook are connected to my Altec Lansing computer speaker setup & my iPod connects up to my Technics home stereo.
Just make sure to get the right cord & you'll be all set.
Thanks ever so, PBG4 Dude.
- T.I.
Originally posted by The Installer
Thanks ever so, PBG4 Dude.
- T.I.
No problemo Dude.
Originally posted by shetline
You have to be careful about going to 11.
Heck with 2 distorted guitarists and a monkey-on-meth for a drummer, I can almost hear myself if I turn up to 11!