Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!parc!biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!cyber2.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!bigbrd!crs-sys!traider!ddrolet From: ddrolet@traider.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dean Drolet) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard,alt.cd-rom,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.ibm.p Subject: Re: ?hookup 2cd/1soundcard Message-ID: <050694005850Rnf0.77b7@traider.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> Date: Fri, 06 May 1994 00:58:00 MST References: <1994May3.181420.26935@oracle.us.oracle.com> Reply-To: ddrolet@traider.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca Organization: Net Logic Incorporated - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada X-Newsreader: Rnf 0.77b7 Lines: 32 Xref: cdrom.com comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard:13570 alt.cd-rom:3455 comp.periphs.scsi:3319 rsoles@oracle.com writes: >In , prplhaze@metronet.com (prplhaze) writes: >>system:486/33 >> two nec scsi external cd-roms >> nec scsi adapter card >> sb16 soundcard >> >>issue: hook-up audio out of two cd-rom players to one soundcard >>problem: tech for soundcard company states using a Y connector >> will fry the soundcard >>questions: >>1.when cd-rom players on do they generate constant low level >>line output voltage such that when summed together will overload >>soundcard and thus damage? >>2.tech stated we should use one set of audio cables and move them from >>player to player as needed. he didn't think we should use an A/B switch. >>anyone know of reasons why we shouldn't? >>3.if anyone has had similar setup and good results would appreciate any ideas >>on configuration. >>thanks >>=|-> >>-- >>prplhaze@feenix.metronet.com |you see by my coat i'm from the other side >> >With a sound card like a PAS16 a solution would be to route one CD-ROM's >audio through the CD-Audio input, and the other through the AUX input -- >then use the mixer panel to select between them. --- ddrolet@traider.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dean Drolet) A Proud part of Net Logic Incorporated. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.