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| 135804 | 2003-04-14 22:30:00 | Hiya, as some of you might know, i have a LCD monitor, and the 2 speakers on them are only the size of 20cent pieces - too small for my liking, when watchin movies or playing games. Asi have a Philips stereo, i was wondering if its possible to attach those speakers to the computer? |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 135805 | 2003-04-14 22:45:00 | Yeah, should be no problem. Just plug them into the outlet of your sound card, if any or into audio outlet on MB. May need a suitable connection or connection adaptor. Also may make a difference how loud you want the output. The sound card's own amplification may be enough, or you may want to do some additional amplification if it's not. A lot of computer (and other) speakers are so-called "active speakers" with their own amplification built in, other wise you can use the amplifier on the stereo (microphone in jack point or whatever it has). Maybe need to watch out for a bit of resonance and/or sound distortion, but unlikely to hurt anything (except maybe your ears and aesthetics - depends on what sort of music you like) if you approach it sensibly. |
rugila (214) | ||
| 135806 | 2003-04-15 00:51:00 | easy as 1,2,3 make sure the plugs from the new speakers are the right ones or get new ones at dick smiths, then just plug them in where your old ones were. |
Patrick 2003 (277) | ||
| 135807 | 2003-04-15 03:33:00 | You'll need a stereo 3.5mm to 2 RCA (probably) cable to go from the "Line" output of the sound card to the "Aux" or "CD" input on the amplifier. I assume the computer is fairly modern (PCI bus) so the sound card will not have an amplifier. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 135808 | 2003-04-15 03:51:00 | One point further to Grahams advice, those speakers will be "unshielded", so keep them well away from your monitor. However you may be better off getting a pair of amplified speakers for the front stereo effect and use your Philips set up to have rear speakers which will have better bass response. | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 135809 | 2003-04-15 04:10:00 | Hmm, interesting - thanks for your responses, I will have to have a look around and find the correct wiring, how to plug them in etc . Since the speakers are in the monitor, the plug from the sound card goes directly into the monitor . The wires that attach the speaker to the 'central unit' of the Philips stereo are loose, ie the wires have a plastic coating, and at the end there is a strip of exposed wire, that you have to "clamp" into the positive and negative terminals . Does anyone know what i mean? I would have to find a "plug" that would enable the wires to be plugged into the computer . |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 135810 | 2003-04-15 04:19:00 | Is there a volume control on the monitor? If there is, you have an amplifier in there. You would get a very unsatisfactory output if you just connect bigger speakers to a plug which will fit the sound card output. That plug will be a 3.5 mm stereo plug ... a standard item. It has three connections ... one ground and two signal. The two black wires would be connected together and to the ground, the two reds would go to the two channel outputs. But you NEED an amplifier. So you can get a standard made-up cable at DSE or Harvey Normans or Jaycar., plug from the sound card to one of the high level inputs of the amp, and leave the speakers connected to the output of the amp. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 135811 | 2003-04-15 04:21:00 | What do you guys think of these speakers (www.dse.co.nz) from Dick Smiths? And could youse please direct me to another place where there are more speakers to look at. cheers, caffy |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 135812 | 2003-04-15 04:24:00 | Posted the other post, before I saw your new post. Regarding the volume control - yes there is a controller on the monitor. |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 135813 | 2003-04-15 05:07:00 | There's always a better price than Dick's. Pricespy (http://www.pricespy.co.nz) will find you lots of amplified speakers. (use the "Sound" button, then "Amplified Speakers") You may wonder why a 20W RMS set costs about the same as 800 W PMPO. It's because PMPO power ratings are a product of the imagination of marketing drones (that is, lies). | Graham L (2) | ||
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