Dan Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 I'm giving my room a refresh before school starts and one thing I'd like to do is use these two extra stereo speakers I have and put them behind me in the corners of my room. Right now I have two $40 Cyber Acoustics speakers attached to a bar below my desk - doesn't fill the room very well. I'm not sure how to word this, try and figure it out: Computer > Headphone jack > some cord > ______ > stereo speaker cable > speakers. What goes in the blank? I'm sure there's a little box out there that, with the right cord, could get the sound to go through the cable. Any ideas? -dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 First off...you can connect regular speakers to your PC but you have to have some kind of an amplifier to enhance the sound. An economic way of doing this is to use cable with a (male) mini jack end that splits to 2 (male) RCA ends that can line in to a component set or stereo. Now connect the speakers to the speaker slots on the stereo/component set. Using the Aux feature of the component set/stereo you can now play to your hearts desire, with the quality being limited by the sound card of your computer and the amplifier of your stereo and your speakers. Don't expect to get surround sound from these however because these speakers would not be configured with their phases synchronized. If you don't want to/can't run the speakers through a stereo or amplifier, you'll have to solder connectors onto the speaker wires. Be careful not to create any shorts. Then just plug them in. **This isn't recommended because most PC sound cards can't handle regular speakers plugged in directly!** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 So I need to get a cord that has an end that fits into my headphone jack and another end that has the same type of cord that goes into my speakers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 I don't think you'd get acceptable sound quality from plugging speakers into a headphone jack. You really need something to amplify the sound from the computer to the speakers. That's why a receiver or amplifier is best as a "go between" between your sound card and your stereo speakers. For any type of decent sound quality you need something working in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 I use a direct connection between sound card and speakers, and the quality of the sound if really good. No amplifiers, but a nice, full, bass sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 I use a direct connection between sound card and speakers, and the quality of the sound if really good. No amplifiers, but a nice, full, bass sound.Speakers that aren't intended to be used with a computer? How did you make the connection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanzarelli Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Yes, please tell...I have 2 Bose speakers that are itching to be used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 Exactly the same way you mentioned above, Ghostrider - a 1-to-2 male RCA connection with gold-plated plugs. 1 end from sound card, the other 2 to the main stereo unit, which has auxilliary inputs - the stereo then transmits the sound to the speakers via standard speaker connection, shown below. The stereo itself is a beast, but I seriously doubt it has an in-built amplifier for auxilliary input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 So you do run it through the stereo. That is what I was trying to tell Dan...you need to run it through a stereo, amplifier, or receiver, you can't just hook up non-pc speakers into a headphone jack or speaker jack on your sound card. You need something to heighten the sound quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Ohh, I see what you mean now, sorry man. I guess I was more wasted from work last night than I realised. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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