Speakers connection, hmm

[KotchY]

Si there a way to hook up stero speakers up to ur com some how? may u can cut the wire and hook the speakers up & plug it in

 

[Scarpozzi]

The best way to do that would be to get some stereo speakers with RCA inputs. What you can do is get an adapter for your soundcard that converts a 3.5mm female jack to 2 RCA style female jacks. This will cost you about $6 at Radio Shack. Then you can actually run the signal through your stereo and TRULY amplify your sound. I personally am running my sound through a Kenwood Receiver and going to a Dolby Digital Surround Sound system....which even thought that's only working for DVD...my point is, you can run just about anything you want out of RCA plugs...you may have to put some connectors on your speakers though if they are running straight wire though. Just do a little research, but keep in mind, you're going to need to amplify your signal from your computer if you're powering a speaker. So try to find a good cheap receiver if you don't have one already.

 

[Terp]

hmmmm, I doubt this X-Gamer can pump enough juice for my Bose 901's =)

These Cambridge Soundworks are great speakers; moreover, I can't even turn them up over halfway without rocking the entire street, so extra speakers are immaterial...get some good speakers!

 

[Prodigy^]

why shouldn't the Sb Live! be able to supply enough juice to your (ridiculously overpriced) Bose speakers?

 

[compuser]

Prodigy^, if i am not mistakened, the soundcards (esp. the newer ones) aren't exactly the juice suppliers but rather are built to give out a better 'quality (and low noise) juice'. in an ideal case, you might want to connect the output from the sb live to a stereo system/home theater system and let it amplify the sound. this is what i do. in fact, that gives you one more level of sound tweaking possibility with the additional stereo/home theater sys. controls.

to support my statement in a better way, the good, consider how the high quality speakers (take Terp's Cambridge Soundworks for example) require and come with an power supply. where do you think they generate the high watts and powered ouput? definately not from the juice comin out of the sound card! the power is needed to amplify the 'small amount of good quality juice' tricklin out of the sb live cards which then gets amplified by the speakers.

correct me if i am wrong but i pretty sure this is exactly how things work out.

 

[Packet]

I bought a RCA converter, and plug my sound card right into my DDS system. That way all the sound hits my amplifier and then is routed to the speakers with my dolby decoder. Sounds pretty nice, no subwoofer though.

 

[Terp]

overpriced? =) you should sit in my living room and listen to my Carver pumping 1K of commercial wattage through them...wow! =)

 

[Ulysses]

To hook up the PC to your amp:


1. Go to Radio Shack. Get a good quality cable with a 1/8" (Mini) stereo plug on one end, splitting into two RCA plugs (labeled L/R) at the other end.
2. Turn the power OFF for all gear until you are certain the connections are correct.
3. Plug the 1/8" end into the Line Out of the sound card.
4. Plug the RCA end into the CD input of your stereo (observing Left & Right orientation).

If you have a 2 channel input (L, R), you will connect the Line Out jack from the sound card to your stereo using a cable that splits into RCA right and left for your stereo. If you have 4 Channel input on your stereo, you will connect the Line 1 Out and Line 2 Out (if your sound card is so equipped) using 2 cables that split into RCA right and left for your stereo. If your stereo has 6 channel inputs, connect the same as for 4 channels, leaving the Center L and R channels unused (they will be ren-dered through the front speakers).

 

[Wizkid]

Slight correction to Ulysses:

leaving the Center L and R channels unused

should be

leaving the center and LFE (sub input) unused