NEED HELP *question

aspire · 11-04-2007, 11:13 PM

hello guys, im totally nub when it comes to audio related things
so i was wondering how/if possbile would i be able to hook up two relatively old Graffdale floor spearkers to a computer? would i need an amp or something like that?

thnx - Max

PC eye · 11-04-2007, 11:42 PM

Going old school there I see.

Have any old Kenwood or Marantz lying around?

For old component speakers like those you would at least a good receiver with the option for input. Then you patch the output of the sound card into the receiver or through a small mixer if impedence problems came up. The output jacks on sound card are 1/8" while inputs on the receiver or amp used would have to be the RCA phone type unless you custom spliced or located the mini to whatever type patch cord used.

aspire · 11-05-2007, 10:22 PM

so ...whould i just need to purchase a reciver ? or an amp..and use that to connect them to my comp ?

PC eye · 11-06-2007, 03:34 AM

With the old 200w speakers you would need something with adequate output to avoid frying the magnets from under powering them. That's the way the old component speakers work with the amp matched to the max the speakers are rated for. Actually the more power worked even better like a 200w amp for 100w speakers!

For pc use there are plenty of 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound sets that will simply plug right into the jacks on the soud card without fuss! That would also eliminate the worry about possible feedback loops and other crap where you hear the humming and buzzong of the amplifier of an amp or receiver or other amplified device.

g0slacR · 11-06-2007, 06:42 PM

I had 4 house speakers hooked up to an old amp back in the day and it sounded great... I eventually fried the left chaneel and had all four running off of the right

never damaged my speakers that I could tell but the amp sure wasn't lovin life... It will work but I would only recommend it if u don't care about wrecking stuff... (i used mine like that for over a yr)

PC eye · 11-06-2007, 11:56 PM

The main problem there is simply patching from the 1/8" mini jacks into the RCA type phono plugs on the rear of the amp or receiver used. Use the gold plugged adapter cable(s) to patch. You may still get some buzzing or humming sound when patching this way however.

Digital or optical out from a sound card would be the preferred method to consider for use with a larger separate amplication source. You are likely to run into a few problems staying strictly old analog trying to boost the audio that way.

11-04-2007, 11:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
aspire Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Age: 18 Posts: 140	*NEED HELP question hello guys, im totally nub when it comes to audio related things so i was wondering how/if possbile would i be able to hook up two relatively old Graffdale floor spearkers to a computer? would i need an amp or something like that? thnx - Max __________________ DESKTOP** P4 HT 631/3.01Ghz Kingston 1 GB RAM (2x512) BFG GeForce 6600 GT OC 128MB Antec TruePower 2.0 TPII-380watts PSU Asus P5GPL (mama boared) Maxtor 160GB (SATA 1.5Gb) LG DVD/R/RW 16X (x2) Aspire X-Cruiser Case

11-04-2007, 11:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 18,998	Going old school there I see. Have any old Kenwood or Marantz lying around? For old component speakers like those you would at least a good receiver with the option for input. Then you patch the output of the sound card into the receiver or through a small mixer if impedence problems came up. The output jacks on sound card are 1/8" while inputs on the receiver or amp used would have to be the RCA phone type unless you custom spliced or located the mini to whatever type patch cord used. __________________ Youtube falls short of Google's expectations http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5336532 Congress studies how people track your online use http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5337932

11-05-2007, 10:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
aspire Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Age: 18 Posts: 140	so ...whould i just need to purchase a reciver ? or an amp..and use that to connect them to my comp ? __________________ DESKTOP P4 HT 631/3.01Ghz Kingston 1 GB RAM (2x512) BFG GeForce 6600 GT OC 128MB Antec TruePower 2.0 TPII-380watts PSU Asus P5GPL (mama boared) Maxtor 160GB (SATA 1.5Gb) LG DVD/R/RW 16X (x2) Aspire X-Cruiser Case

11-06-2007, 03:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 18,998	With the old 200w speakers you would need something with adequate output to avoid frying the magnets from under powering them. That's the way the old component speakers work with the amp matched to the max the speakers are rated for. Actually the more power worked even better like a 200w amp for 100w speakers! For pc use there are plenty of 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound sets that will simply plug right into the jacks on the soud card without fuss! That would also eliminate the worry about possible feedback loops and other crap where you hear the humming and buzzong of the amplifier of an amp or receiver or other amplified device. __________________ Youtube falls short of Google's expectations http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5336532 Congress studies how people track your online use http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5337932

11-06-2007, 06:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
g0slacR Bronze Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 95	I had 4 house speakers hooked up to an old amp back in the day and it sounded great... I eventually fried the left chaneel and had all four running off of the right never damaged my speakers that I could tell but the amp sure wasn't lovin life... It will work but I would only recommend it if u don't care about wrecking stuff... (i used mine like that for over a yr) __________________ Q6600 (G0) @ 3.0ghz AC freezer 7 asus p5k mobo 2 gigs ocz ddr800 ram @ 1000 150 gig raptor and 120 gig samsung slave evga 8600gt pc power and cooling 610 silencer creative xtremgamer with bose series 1 speakers 22" kds widescreen lcd logitech g5 laser mouse

11-06-2007, 11:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 18,998	The main problem there is simply patching from the 1/8" mini jacks into the RCA type phono plugs on the rear of the amp or receiver used. Use the gold plugged adapter cable(s) to patch. You may still get some buzzing or humming sound when patching this way however. Digital or optical out from a sound card would be the preferred method to consider for use with a larger separate amplication source. You are likely to run into a few problems staying strictly old analog trying to boost the audio that way. __________________ Youtube falls short of Google's expectations http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5336532 Congress studies how people track your online use http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5337932

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