Hooked up through computer speakers

viper110110 · 08-03-2009, 09:29 PM

I was talking to a guy once and he was telling me he was into dealing with speakers. He told me that many of the old speakers sound much better than the modern ones. He also told me he had a pair of speakers hooked up through an old pair of computer speakers. I just ignored him at the time, but now I am unsure of what he meant. Does he have the speakers removed from the computer speakers and the 2 wires leading to his bigger speakers? or is it something else I would have no idea about?

ps. I can't ask him because I only saw him once and I will probably never see him again.

diduknowthat · 08-03-2009, 11:51 PM

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he had a pair of speakers hooked up through an old pair of computer speakers

What? That kind of makes no sense to me at all

. Are you sure he didn't mean that he had an old pair of computer speakers hooked up to his computer?

Springy182 · 08-04-2009, 04:23 AM

He could be gutting a set of PC speakers to use the onboard amp on old stereo speakers, but the amp on typical PC speakers is puny

He could also mean he had two old speakers on an equally old amplifier, the problem with that is old amplifiers dont always work because the connectors oxidize (Copper oxidizes instead of rusting) making the left or right channel not work, produce static or any other bad effects

But what this person said is sound in theory, but is a bit more effort then buying a subwoofer for example

Kosh · 08-18-2009, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Springy182

He could be gutting a set of PC speakers to use the onboard amp on old stereo speakers, but the amp on typical PC speakers is puny

He could also mean he had two old speakers on an equally old amplifier, the problem with that is old amplifiers dont always work because the connectors oxidize (Copper oxidizes instead of rusting) making the left or right channel not work, produce static or any other bad effects

But what this person said is sound in theory, but is a bit more effort then buying a subwoofer for example

thats what deoxit is for

i have a kenwood integrated amplifier that is about 33 years old,and it still works great.

CPTMuller · 09-03-2009, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Kosh

thats what deoxit is for

i have a kenwood integrated amplifier that is about 33 years old,and it still works great.

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Sorry to bump an older thread, but if someone wanted to invest in a rig like that where would they start? My dad has a receiver from at least the 70s in the garage and it works like a charm, I'd love to replicate that situation in my room.

Kosh · 09-03-2009, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by CPTMuller

Sorry to bump an older thread, but if someone wanted to invest in a rig like that where would they start? My dad has a receiver from at least the 70s in the garage and it works like a charm, I'd love to replicate that situation in my room.

well first thing you would need to do is verify that the older receiver works.if it basically works,and has some scratchyness when ya turn the volume or other control.that can be a simple fix with the product i linked to earlier called deoxit.

viper110110 · 09-02-2009, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by diduknowthat

What? That kind of makes no sense to me at all

. Are you sure he didn't mean that he had an old pair of computer speakers hooked up to his computer?

definately not as he was talking about how amazing the quality was from his old records that he digitized

Hobbawobba · 08-04-2009, 12:12 PM

I had an old stereo hooked up to my computer back home (im overseas atm). I just had to buy a set of RCA cables and an adapter for them to plug into the speaker jack in the back of the computer.

Maybe thats what he used?

08-03-2009, 09:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
viper110110 Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 178	Hooked up through computer speakers I was talking to a guy once and he was telling me he was into dealing with speakers. He told me that many of the old speakers sound much better than the modern ones. He also told me he had a pair of speakers hooked up through an old pair of computer speakers. I just ignored him at the time, but now I am unsure of what he meant. Does he have the speakers removed from the computer speakers and the 2 wires leading to his bigger speakers? or is it something else I would have no idea about? ps. I can't ask him because I only saw him once and I will probably never see him again. __________________ Asus P5Q c2d e6400 @ 2.13 ghz GeForce GTS 250 4 gb dual channel DDRII OCZ PC6400 WD caviar green 500 gb

08-04-2009, 04:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
Springy182 Gold Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 300	He could be gutting a set of PC speakers to use the onboard amp on old stereo speakers, but the amp on typical PC speakers is puny He could also mean he had two old speakers on an equally old amplifier, the problem with that is old amplifiers dont always work because the connectors oxidize (Copper oxidizes instead of rusting) making the left or right channel not work, produce static or any other bad effects But what this person said is sound in theory, but is a bit more effort then buying a subwoofer for example __________________ CPU: Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 3400MHz 1.25V RAM: OCZ Reaper 4GB DDR2 1066MHz 5-5-5-15 2.1V HDDs: SATA 1000GB Samsung, SATA 500GB 750GB Seagate, IDE 500GB PSU: 600W OCZ StealthXStream ODD: LG SATA DVDRW GPU: EVGA 9800GT (Dual slot) 750-1875-2000 Mobo: EVGA 780i SLI "FTW" Case: Coolermaster NV-690 (NVidia Edition)

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08-04-2009, 12:12 PM	#8 (permalink)
Hobbawobba Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Zealand Age: 19 Posts: 44	I had an old stereo hooked up to my computer back home (im overseas atm). I just had to buy a set of RCA cables and an adapter for them to plug into the speaker jack in the back of the computer. Maybe thats what he used?