Retro Duo NES Audio Correction Tutorial

[Satoshi_Matrix]

Hey DP forum goers, do you love the Retro Duo but hate the scratchy, terrible audio the NES side produces? You're in luck - this can be easily be correct by installing a simple audio dampener. It just needs two common parts!

http://satoshimatrix.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/retro-duo-nes-audio-correction-tutorial/

I wrote this tutorial to help my fellow gamers who want to get the most out of their Retro Duos. When I first got my Retro Duo, I searched for the info on how to fix the audio and found the few tutorials out there confusing and poorly written, leaving a lot of guesswork to the hobbyist. My aim here is to provide step-by-step instructions that are simple and easy to follow.

Hope this helps some of you guys and gals out there with getting your 8-bit gaming on!

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Awesome!

Still one of the best NES clones out there IMO.

I'll add this to my official Retro Duo thread!

[atarikurt]

I must do this.

[Satoshi_Matrix]

I hope this helps out many people. The Retro Duo is really great and the NES is near perfect once you preform this mod. Expect a video soon where I basically show off NES audio from many different games on it.

[atarikurt]

Question, to solder the resistor you solder one side on the top and the other side on the bottom left? Its hard to tell in the pic and there is 2 places on the bottom you could solder. I managed to scrounge the resistor from work and the cap from a old 3rd party saturn controller. Can't wait to hear the improvement!

[Satoshi_Matrix]

You solder both ends to a small point directly above and below that black boxy thing (I'm not quite sure what it is). If you solder to the wrong place the audio dampener simply won't work; you're dealing with voltage levels too low to actually have an impact even if you put them in the wrong spots.

[Satoshi_Matrix]

Here's a video showing off how good the Retro Duo can sound once the audio mod is preformed. Hope you enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys85JXwkMbM