RE: Tempest sounds tinny

Sounds fine to me. I have both the upright and cabaret version of Tempest and to me the sound is much better in the cabaret version.

Rodney

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> From: owner-vectorlist@synthcom.com
> [mailto:owner-vectorlist@synthcom.com]On Behalf Of Christopher X.
> Candreva
> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 10:11 PM
> To: vectorlist@synthcom.com
> Subject: VECTOR: Tempest sounds tinny
>
>
>
> 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.
>
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Received on Wed Apr 9 08:34:55 2003