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Thread ID: 55409 2005-03-10 01:13:00 In built PC speaker Jevro (7555) Press F1
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332519 2005-03-10 01:13:00 Hi, i was wondering if someone could help me. I am wondering how (or if) i could make the little in built PC speakers work without running them from a motherboard. Maybe using a battery, or a walkman...? Jevro (7555)
332520 2005-03-10 01:28:00 Well its connected to the mobo with a connection. And its only 1 speaker.

Its there to tell u when something is wrong - it beeps.

It would work with a walkman, but it hasnt got the right connection/plug on it, to plug into a walkman. You would have to buy the plug, and solder it onto the end of the speaker.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
332521 2005-03-10 01:54:00 Sounds pretty simple. I wonder if i could hook up 10 or 15... Jevro (7555)
332522 2005-03-10 02:09:00 Is it possible? Jevro (7555)
332523 2005-03-10 02:12:00 10 or 15 what? speakers? No I dont think so... A walkman can only handle so much.. And 10 or 15 speakers would kill it. Speedy Gonzales (78)
332524 2005-03-10 02:19:00 is there any way that i could get sound to come out of 10 of the little speakers simultaneously...? Jevro (7555)
332525 2005-03-10 02:21:00 just had a look at one of those wee speakers I've got lying around - 8 ohm resistance , 0.5 w - s'pose if you put your mind to it you could construct some sort of array that would run off the headphone- out of a walkman etc ... might lack a bit of bass response tho ;) KatiMike (242)
332526 2005-03-10 02:29:00 Would i need something to split it into more channels?

Or if i put 5 on one channel (L) and 5 on channel (R)ight how the hell would i do that? :@@:
Jevro (7555)
332527 2005-03-10 02:57:00 my Grado phones have an impedance of 32 ohms quoted on the box - not sure if that is each channel or both combined [ each channel makes most sense ] - if it is each side you could join 4 of the speakers together in series for each side and wire up a stereo minjack - design some funky enclosures - and you're away to a unique listening experience :rolleyes: KatiMike (242)
332528 2005-03-11 02:51:00 I wouldn't bother with those speakers. They are cheap. They are not efficient, and have no pretensions to being any sort of "fi".

I've got a pair of unamplified speakers which give reasonable sound from a Minidisc player. They were meant to be driven by the early sound cards which had an amplifier.

You can probbaly find a pair of amplified speakers for next to nothing these days ... the "400 W PMPO" ones (with the 12V 400 mA -- just under 5W of DC, so probably about 2 watts audio output ;)).
Graham L (2)
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