Two comps, one set of speakers?

[yenemy]

Hi everyone, I've got a bit of a dilemma here, and I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on my situation. I just built a new computer out of all the spare parts in my closet (man, I love doing that), and decided to run it alongside my current rig, since my spare parts included an ATI All-in-Wonder 128, and I don't have a TV tuner in my main rig. Besides being able to tape futurama and the simpsons onto my hard drive, it also gives me a machine to do some grunt work and let me play games and generally mess around on my main system.

Anyway, here's my problem. I have the Klipsch ProMedia v.2-400s, which is a 5 piece surround sound speaker system. I'd like to be able to put the 2nd computer's soundblaster through those speakers, but I'm not sure how to go about it.

I thought I could get a couple of Y-cables, 2 1/8" male to 1 1/8" female stereo, and that would let me connect the speakers to both sound cards simultaneously. Problem is, I can't find any of these adapters online, and I don't know if this setup would damage the speakers.

I was also thinking about disconnecting the rear two speakers from my current system, and just plugging them into the second computer... so that would theoretically give me two separate 2-channel sound systems... I don't know if this would damage the subwoofer, either... ARGH!!

Any help would be most appreciated, thanks!

Jeff

 

[PassatVR6]

I dont know about the Klipsch speakers, but my Altec Lansing ACS495 Dolby speakers have 2 Sound input jacks on the subwoofer, so I can plug 2 computers into it that way.. rather easy if you ask me. Make sure you arent overlooking this possibility with yourset before worrying about crazy Y-cables and mess like that.