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On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 14:01:02 -0700, Class_Action
<classactionlaw1@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Dell's Sorry History of Microphone/Soundcard Issue
>--------------------------------------------------
>
>Here are the selected compilations of Dell microphone/soundcard issue 
>posted in the Dell Dimension audio forum.  Note that the problem was 
>reported from the very beginning of the forum establishment in late 
>1999 and continuing to this day.  It makes you wonder if Dell ever 
>made functioning mic/soundcard.

You have no idea what in the world you're talking about.

Dell has used MANY different platforms in that period of
time.  Most of them were industry standard, there was no
difference in the Dell implementation than you'd fine
assembling it yourself or getting it done at a shop, except
in some special cases where the user was particularly
specifying for an unusually well-tuned-towards-audio,
system, in which shielded cabling was used.  This is not
normal for any system and thus, it cannot be considered a
defect for Dell to do what everyone else did.

FWIW, Dell does not "Make" mics or soundcards, they use
standardized solutions.


>
>Despite all the numerous problem reports spanning many years, Dell is
>unconscionably not only not acknowledging the problem, but 
>reprehensively engages in jerking around the customers with the same 
>runaround tactic over these years.  [See the post on (1/29/2002)]

What did you expect?

Whiney users need to be jerked around sometimes.
Fact is, anyone who's done a bit of work in analog audio
knows you can't just go stringing cables all over the place
around high speed digital equipment.  Not that it's
impossible, or hard, to do, but more expensive.

If you want a more expensive audiophile grade system, you
have to buy that SPECIFIC THING, not a generic Dell, or HP,
or Gateway, etc, system.  You can't just go to a shop and
expect anything different either, you will have to clearly
specific your needs and determine whether anyone there is a
competent builder towards the end of analog audio quality.  



>Poor mic pick-up  (12/6/1999)
>http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_audio&message.id=422
>
>    if this mic is more than 6 or 8 inches from my mouth
>    at normal speaking levels, it barely picks up my voice.
>

GOOD GRIEF!

Did you ever consider that you can't blame an OEM for your
lack of ability to use windows?  MIc boost and recording
levels have to be set.  


>
>MICROPHONE=POOP  (12/10/1999)
>http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_audio&message.id=495
>
>    FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WILL SOMEONE PLEASSSSEEEE TELL ME
>    HOW TO GET MY MIC TO RECORD?!?!
>
>    I am experiencing the same problem and so are many others
>    if you look around in the DellTalk area.  It drives me nuts!

There is nothing special about Dell Mic recording.  Open the
mixer, select it as the recording source, and get on with
life.

I've snipped the rest, becaue it only serves to show one
central thing- computers are user-configurable and in their
default configuration, they have the "potential" to do many
things, but are not optimized for ALL these things- the user
must configure it.  Same thing goes with a home stereo, if
you had it set to record to tape from the radio, then you
plug in a mic, you can't just whine that the mic doesn't
work, you have to reach out a finger and adjust the amp (or
whichever applicable device).

The funny thing is, I wonder how many people ever bothered
to read the manuals or seek basic audio advice on Google.