Speaker setup question for all you audiophiles out there!

[ajf3]

Hi all,

I'm not too much into audio, so I was hoping that someone could help me out with this setup question. I recently bought a set of Cambridge SoundWorks speakers with the sub and two satellites. It has two 1/8" ports labelled "Audio 1" and "Audio 2".

When I use them with my computer, I simply plug my soundcards 1/8" speaker jack into the 1/8" "Audio 1" jack with a male/male cable. We're having a picnic and I'd really like to plug these into my portable stereo for the day since the sound it so nice, but I don't know how to hook it up.

The box has 2 rca output jacks labeled Audio Out Left and Audio out Right. How can I get RCA L/R into a 1/8" input? Do they make some sort of adapter? I have a rca splitter (or combiner?) that has 2 female rca jacks and 1 male on the other side. I also have a rca female to 1/8" male.

Could I do this:

Box RCA L Fem -> Male / Male RCA cable \
-> 2 rca fem / 1 rca male Y connector -> RCA Fem / 1/8" male adapter -> spkr
Box RCA R Fem -> Male / Male RCA cable /

...or would I lose the L/R "stereo" channels? If so, what do I need to do to get it working right?

Thanks!

 

[pulse8]

They make a stereo adapter that goes from 1/8" jack to RCA. You can find it at any RadioShack.

 

[tweakmm]

you should be able to buy an adapter.
They sell them at radioshack. They are called *shock*:Q *shock* RCA to 1/8 Stereo Cable (or something like that)

 

[tweakmm]

<< They make a stereo adapter that goes from 1/8" jack to RCA. You can find it at any RadioShack. >>


damn, beat me to it, I spent too much time placing that shock thing...
heh, oh well

 

[ajf3]

So could the rca splitter I have work? It's (2) rca female to (1) rca male... if I pipe it through that way (ie, 2 female in, 1 male out) then to the 1/8" male will the stereo signal be preserved, or will it be two identical mono channels?

 

[tweakmm]

does it really matter about the mono chanels? If this is gonna be for a picknick, i dont think that your guests are really going to notice