I had to steal that heading from the source article, and I did it for a reason. Finally some people are figuring out this little known fact. According to my sources Macs have a preamp but it is locked to a certain level, and sliding the volume knob is about the same as a digital zoom on a cheap camera. [FeedBlog]
Apple
Crap! Really? Can you increase the levels via software? Ug.. I don’t want to have to go buy a new microphone….. no need…