I don't know how good it can potentially be (as in specs); but when comparing GBA ports to their SNES counterparts, I've always felt the SNES versions have better music. But at the same time, the GBA ports often have added sound-effects that the SNES version doesn't have. But since the music is more important to me, personally, I'd say I enjoy the sound on the SNES more.
I believe when he wrote "puny", he meant weak or not that great of quality. The speakers for the gameboy advance are not really the greatest asset for the device. However, I'm sure if you were to play gameboy advance games on the GBA player for the Gamecube, the sound quality would probably improve.
I'd have to compare a GBA port of something like Super Mario World through the GameBoy Player on the GameCube to the actual game on the SNES connected to the same TV to really know for sure - and I haven't done that yet. The closest I would have would be Final FIght One (Japanese GBA game) to Final Fight Guy (Japanese Super Famicom).
[QUOTE="Stinger78"]I'd have to compare a GBA port of something like Super Mario World through the GameBoy Player on the GameCube to the actual game on the SNES connected to the same TV to really know for sure - and I haven't done that yet. The closest I would have would be Final FIght One (Japanese GBA game) to Final Fight Guy (Japanese Super Famicom). I've played both versions of Super Mario World enough to tell you the SNES sounds better. I fact, in 90% of cases I would give it to the SNES. GBA was more powerful, but limited by its form factor.
GBA has a much better sound if you use headphones instead of it's speaker (which is low quality).
It can also display more colors than the SNES and 3D graphics at playlable framerates without any extra chips (like the Super FX the SNES had to use to get decent 3D performance).
I don't know how good it can potentially be (as in specs); but when comparing GBA ports to their SNES counterparts, I've always felt the SNES versions have better music. But at the same time, the GBA ports often have added sound-effects that the SNES version doesn't have. But since the music is more important to me, personally, I'd say I enjoy the sound on the SNES more.
Emerald_Warrior
I'd agree with this. I own the Yoshi's Island GBA port, and some of the original sounds from the SNES version aren't reproduced properly.
GBA has a much better sound if you use headphones instead of it's speaker (which is low quality).
It can also display more colors than the SNES and 3D graphics at playlable framerates without any extra chips (like the Super FX the SNES had to use to get decent 3D performance).
nameless12345
Gba does NOT have better audio. It's still a great portable, but the audio is lacking on this console. The headphone output is rather disappointing tbh. I'd say the gba actually has some of the worst quality audio of any system I've ever owned.
it really depends, SNES ports will sound better on the SNES
but the GBA can create sound very similar to an MP3
for example, listen to this theme I don't think the SNES could produce those guitar sounds at 0:32
so to simplify: The GBA can producde MP3-like quality audio, surpassing anything on the SNEs, but I guess that requires a lot of CPU usage and/or cartridge space so it's rarely used and as a result the SNES tend to have the better sound
it really depends, SNES ports will sound better on the SNES
but the GBA can create sound very similar to an MP3
for example, listen to this theme I don't think the SNES could produce those guitar sounds at 0:32
so to simplify: The GBA can producde MP3-like quality audio, surpassing anything on the SNEs, but I guess that requires a lot of CPU usage and/or cartridge space so it's rarely used and as a result the SNES tend to have the better sound
rilpas
The quality of the m usic on the SNES may have had to do with cartridge limitations, as it seems like GBA carts had more storage capacity. One example are the GBA Video carts. I know with recent hardware availability with things like the SD2SNES cart - it seems the SNES was technically very capable for its age. Here's a perfect example of what, at least, an SNES can produce: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqXYPvhHMCo&feature=plcp That cart is even capable of letting someone play the Sega CD game Road Blaster.
GBA has a much better sound if you use headphones instead of it's speaker (which is low quality).
It can also display more colors than the SNES and 3D graphics at playlable framerates without any extra chips (like the Super FX the SNES had to use to get decent 3D performance).
Heirren
Gba does NOT have better audio. It's still a great portable, but the audio is lacking on this console. The headphone output is rather disappointing tbh. I'd say the gba actually has some of the worst quality audio of any system I've ever owned.
I ment that the sound is better if you use headphones, not that it's better than SNES.
The SNES had a quite capable Sony sound chip for the time but it wasn't perfect (some may say it produces a bit "muffled" sounds - it was better than the Genesis chip tho).
it really depends, SNES ports will sound better on the SNES
but the GBA can create sound very similar to an MP3
for example, listen to this theme I don't think the SNES could produce those guitar sounds at 0:32
so to simplify: The GBA can producde MP3-like quality audio, surpassing anything on the SNEs, but I guess that requires a lot of CPU usage and/or cartridge space so it's rarely used and as a result the SNES tend to have the better sound
Stinger78
The quality of the m usic on the SNES may have had to do with cartridge limitations, as it seems like GBA carts had more storage capacity. One example are the GBA Video carts. I know with recent hardware availability with things like the SD2SNES cart - it seems the SNES was technically very capable for its age. Here's a perfect example of what, at least, an SNES can produce: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqXYPvhHMCo&feature=plcp That cart is even capable of letting someone play the Sega CD game Road Blaster.
GBA has a much better sound if you use headphones instead of it's speaker (which is low quality).
It can also display more colors than the SNES and 3D graphics at playlable framerates without any extra chips (like the Super FX the SNES had to use to get decent 3D performance).
nameless12345
Gba does NOT have better audio. It's still a great portable, but the audio is lacking on this console. The headphone output is rather disappointing tbh. I'd say the gba actually has some of the worst quality audio of any system I've ever owned.
I ment that the sound is better if you use headphones, not that it's better than SNES.
The SNES had a quite capable Sony sound chip for the time but it wasn't perfect (some may say it produces a bit "muffled" sounds - it was better than the Genesis chip tho).
I use the officially Nintendo headphone dongle. The sound is still not too good. I'm going off the SP model here--but just look at it, it's tiny. That tiny thing has to have all the internals inside, INCLUDING the amp. You can't really compare something like with YouTube vids because most of those tracks have been ripped from roms.
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