Speaker Help

[zakman123]

Guys, I want to buy these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16882117405

I want to hook them up to my PC, which has the standard PC audio ports + SPDIF.

However I have NO idea what kind of cabling is required for this setup, and whether or not I need else something to drive these speakers.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks!

 

[fralexandr]

you'll need a stereo amp, speaker wire, and 3.5mm male/male cable or 3.5mm to rca converter


examples:
stereo amps:
http://www.amazon.com/Pyle-PCA1-30-W...4807624&sr=8-8
requires 3.5mm to rca (customers frequently buy section)

http://www.amazon.com/Lepai-Tripath-...4807624&sr=8-4
requires 3.5mm male to 3.5mm male cable

speaker cable:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10239&cs_id=1023904&p_id=4044&seq=1&format=2

 

[zakman123]

Thanks for the reply!

I can't connect these directly to the PC using optical?

So, to clarify, I need the following:

Pyle Stereo amp, plus 2 sets of the speaker cables you linked to hook the speakers up to amp

And it comes with a built in set of RCA cables to plug in to the PC?

Is the above understanding correct?

 

[fralexandr]

home theater speakers tend to be unpowered, and as such need an amplifier

you only need to buy 1 set of those speaker cables
you'll have to cut and strip the cables.
that's a 50 ft cable, you'll probably need 2 x ~5 ft cables depending on your setup

so, you'd cut 2 lengths of cable ~ 5 ft long each (or however long of a cable you need)
then you'd strip both ends of each ~5 ft cable

you can strip the cables with a dedicated wire stripping tool purchasable at any hardware supply store.
if you're careful you can just use scissors to strip the cables
*by strip the cables, i mean remove the rubber coating, do this by cutting through the coating and pulling the rubber coating off*

the end result should be two ~5 ft cables, with both ends as shown in the monoprice picture

i doubt your pc accepts RCA, so you'll need the 3.5mm to rca connector in the customers frequently buy section

note:if you need your speaker cables to be >10 ft long each, buy 16 or 14 gauge wires