Re: Asteroids to homebuild amp

>
> Any suggestions as to how to go about hooking up an Asteroids or
> an Asteroids Deluxe to a homebuilt external amp? (i.e. can I
> just run it in parallel with the AUDIO signals from the board,
> or should I switch out all of the the original hardware when
> attempting to create small seismic disturbances with the new
> speakers?)

Doug,

The answer to your question really depends on how good your homebuilt amplifier
is. If it is a very clean amplifier and has a high tolerance for non line level
signals, then your amp will work great if you hook it up directly to your
Asteroids' speaker wires. If your amp is really picky, then you'll be forced to
either feed the audio signals from the board directly, or adjust the volume on the
regulator board so as to match the line levels expected by your amp.

I have done all of the above in the past few years, and found that certainly the
best way to go, is to bypass Atari's amplifier and go directly to my own. You get
much cleaner sound (in my opinion anyway!) by avoiding a second stage amplification
of speaker level outputs. I have used a pair of amplified speakers, a set of Sony
SRS-88PC, and a set of Yamaha YS-15 for my purposes. These amps are extremely
tolerant of high amplitude input signals and will work just fine even with speaker
level inputs.

Joel-
Received on Fri Nov 6 10:20:22 1998