Re: Tempest sounds tinny

Sounds just like mine. Tempest has always been sorta "pitch flat" especially
when firing. I've owned several tempests and they've all been that way.

The only difference is mine doesn't with countdown noises ;)

L.

--- "Christopher X. Candreva" <chris@westnet.com> wrote:
>
> I've always thought the sound of my Tempest machine was off, compared to the
> to the other Atari games the sound is flat with no base. But i haven't seen
> another Tempest to compare it to.
>
> I've put up a .mp3 of my machine -- can any other Tempest owner give a
> listen and tell me if it sounds OK? At a 1:10 in I have some of my Space
> Duel machine for comparison.
>
> http://www.westnet.com/~chris/arcade/Tempest.mp3
>
> The speaker isn't original, it's a one of those car speakers popular some
> years ago, three way in a single oval, and it is 8 ohm. I'm fairly sure the
> speaker is supposed to be 4 ohm. Would that make a big difference in the
> sound ?
>
> Digikey actually has a 6x9 oval 4 ohm speaker for about $17, which I may use
> to round out my cap order if it would help.
>
> ==========================================================
> Chris Candreva -- chris@westnet.com -- (914) 967-7816
> WestNet Internet Services of Westchester
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