Atmos speaker volume

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kppot
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Atmos speaker volume

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Hello,
After concluding that some humming noise (especially prior to reset upon powering on) is an Oric's feature I decided to slightly decrease speaker volume
Would me 100 Ohm resistor be enough?
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Re: Atmos speaker volume

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I can't answer that, but since I'm not sure how you wanted to proceed, you can do that without soldering or modifying the machine by putting a resistor (or a potentiometer) on the TAP output (the connector has some audio pins).
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Re: Atmos speaker volume

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kppot wrote: Tue Mar 23, 2021 5:53 pm Would me 100 Ohm resistor be enough?
You can play with different values HERE :).

Before:
before.png
After with 100 Ohms:
after.png
IMHO with 100 Ohms the sound will be too low, but this is individual and depend on how much you want to decrease the volume.
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Re: Atmos speaker volume

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iss wrote: Tue Mar 23, 2021 6:57 pm IMHO with 100 Ohms the sound will be too low, but this is individual and depend on how much you want to decrease the volume.
Alright, I made it 5 0hm, and I am pretty happy with outcome
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