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Sound fidelity on new iMacs?
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jtm
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I was impressed by the Apple's description of the new speakers.
But does the sound live up to the hype?
jtm
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I think the built-in speakers are much better than on the old iMac's. Some think the sound is not as good as can be obtained by adding external speakers to the old systems (which you can still do on the new iMac's). It's a personal thing. Go to a store, if you can, and judge for yourself. Not sure this helps... marc
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jtm
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I went to the store, but you know how noisy it can be, especially since the new iMac is always attracting a crowd. I guess the attraction of the optional subwoofer and reduced desk clutter (by not having external stereo speakers) has me hoping the built-in speakers are really good. It's not a deal-breaker since I already have one on order. Just impatient for good news, I guess!
jtm
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In that case, I have good news: the H-K speakers in the new iMacs are clearly superior to the speakers in the old machines. That probably helped... marc
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The new Harmon Kardon speakers are really fantastic... they produce excellent 3D sound. When I first booted the new iMac just the quality of the startup chime was impressive.
Thumbs up to Apple for fixing one of the biggest problems with the original iMac. Now about that mouse...
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Misha Sakellaropoulo
Senior Editor, MacNN
iMac2Day, iBook2Day
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Misha,
I agree with you on the speakers. Now where is that subwoofer.
As to the mouse...have you tried Kensington's new USB Turboball. I hooked it up right out of the box along with my new DVSE  and it has been working great ever since. I missed the old ADB Turbo Mouse but this one seems made for the new iMacs. It comes in a light grey with a dark blue track ball. Fits my iMac great. Of course a graphite model would be even better 
Cheers,
Phil
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The new speakers are great I agree but I have noticed that the DVD player software doesn't seem to use the whole dynamic range of the speakers. I hope they fix this problem in the next revision of the DVD software because I want to watch DVD's from more than 5 feet away.
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Want to see how good the speakers really
are?
Download the 44KHz 16-Bit Stereo version of the "Star Wars:Episode 1" trailer from Apple. It impressed the hell out of me.
Sam
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