Ku-Sama, please read!!

Taven · 11-23-2005, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Taven

Ok, so I won some car speakers the other night, and I don't want them in my car. So i was wondering is there anyway to use them as computer speakers?

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Originally Posted by Ku-sama

yup, not too hard, i dont have enough time to look up the peice right now, but gimme about a half an hour

Do you remember the site of this piece you were talking about? I really need it. I've been looking for days for it and didn't want to bother you about it but i can't find anything, please help! ha.

4W4K3 · 11-23-2005, 12:53 AM

This is a perfect example of why we have the Private Message system here. Send him a PM and he is sure to get it.

Taven · 11-23-2005, 12:58 AM

haha, sorry, i completely forgot about that, wow, i feel stupid, thanks, ha.

Ku-sama · 11-23-2005, 01:08 AM

unfortunatly, i cannot find that damn wire.... but look around at Radioshack for shelf systems that have the same speaker size as the ones you have, then get this cable
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=family

and connect it to the back of your computer and the Input of the Reciever.
unscrew the speakers in the speaker boxes, then unwire them, wire yours up, then screw them in, if you have any questions, let me know

vortmax · 11-23-2005, 03:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Ku-sama

unfortunatly, i cannot find that damn wire.... but look around at Radioshack for shelf systems that have the same speaker size as the ones you have, then get this cable
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=family

and connect it to the back of your computer and the Input of the Reciever.
unscrew the speakers in the speaker boxes, then unwire them, wire yours up, then screw them in, if you have any questions, let me know

So you're patching the sound card through a reciever (and subsequent amp) and replacing 2 speakers from the already assembeled system with the car speakers?

This is kinda dangerous..... Car speakers are usually 4 OHM, a lot of recievers are rated for 8 OHM. You better be checking the capabilities of your reciever before just throwing speakers on it.

Taven · 11-23-2005, 03:58 AM

Yes, the car speakers are 4 ohm. But what's this mean? I have a 300 watt power amp, that's 2 ohm, would that work?

vortmax · 11-23-2005, 04:12 AM

is it a mono amp or a bridged 2 channel amp? If it's a mono amp then you won't get stereo sound out of it. If it's bridged then it's 2 channels at 4 ohms each. It's not a good idea to use speakers outside of the rated impedience of the amp, altho most amps will handle a range of impediences and not a single value. So check your amp and see if you can find the actual impedience range.

Taven · 11-23-2005, 04:16 AM

All it says is 300watts/2 ohms
RMS
Minumum Amplifier Load 2 (horseshoe thing, i think it means ohms, not sure)lol
Speaker Jacks Parallelled
I think it's bridged but that's just me talking

vortmax · 11-23-2005, 05:18 AM

yes the horseshoe thing is the ohm symbol.

I have good news and bad news.

Good news is you can plug your speaker in and it will work as long as you keep the amp power low.

The bad news is it sounds like a mono amp, which means no stereo sound. If you want to do this you're realy going to need a home theater amp or find a way to convert AC to DC and run a car amp.

Ku-sama · 11-23-2005, 12:40 PM

or a shelf system for $20 at bestbuy

11-23-2005, 12:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
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11-23-2005, 03:58 AM	#6 (permalink)
Taven Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Age: 19 Posts: 136	Yes, the car speakers are 4 ohm. But what's this mean? I have a 300 watt power amp, that's 2 ohm, would that work? __________________ CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Mobo: DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-D GPU: XFX GeForce 7800GT 256mb 450/1050 :D RAM: 2x512 Patriot Signature Series PSU: Aspire Chameleon 550w HDD: 160Gb Seagate 7200rpm

11-23-2005, 04:12 AM	#7 (permalink)
vortmax Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Age: 26 Posts: 619	is it a mono amp or a bridged 2 channel amp? If it's a mono amp then you won't get stereo sound out of it. If it's bridged then it's 2 channels at 4 ohms each. It's not a good idea to use speakers outside of the rated impedience of the amp, altho most amps will handle a range of impediences and not a single value. So check your amp and see if you can find the actual impedience range. __________________ Asus A7N8x delux Nforce 2 AMD Athlon 2800+ (barton core) 512 meg Corsair DDR 400 Gainward G-force FX 5200 Dell 6000i Intel Pentium M 725 (1.60 GHz/2MB Cache/400MHz FSB) ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300 64MB HyperMemory 1 gig DDR2 PC2-3200 Music server: AMD K6 500 MHz 128 Meg RAM Onkyo HT-R520 Reciever 6.1 DTS ES & Dolby Digital EX

11-23-2005, 04:16 AM	#8 (permalink)
Taven Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Age: 19 Posts: 136	All it says is 300watts/2 ohms RMS Minumum Amplifier Load 2 (horseshoe thing, i think it means ohms, not sure)lol Speaker Jacks Parallelled I think it's bridged but that's just me talking __________________ CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Mobo: DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-D GPU: XFX GeForce 7800GT 256mb 450/1050 :D RAM: 2x512 Patriot Signature Series PSU: Aspire Chameleon 550w HDD: 160Gb Seagate 7200rpm

11-23-2005, 01:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
Ku-sama banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Computer Cave. AKA: King Computer Inc. Age: 18 Posts: 5,312	unfortunatly, i cannot find that damn wire.... but look around at Radioshack for shelf systems that have the same speaker size as the ones you have, then get this cable http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=family and connect it to the back of your computer and the Input of the Reciever. unscrew the speakers in the speaker boxes, then unwire them, wire yours up, then screw them in, if you have any questions, let me know

11-23-2005, 05:18 AM	#9 (permalink)
vortmax Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Age: 26 Posts: 619	yes the horseshoe thing is the ohm symbol. I have good news and bad news. Good news is you can plug your speaker in and it will work as long as you keep the amp power low. The bad news is it sounds like a mono amp, which means no stereo sound. If you want to do this you're realy going to need a home theater amp or find a way to convert AC to DC and run a car amp. __________________ Asus A7N8x delux Nforce 2 AMD Athlon 2800+ (barton core) 512 meg Corsair DDR 400 Gainward G-force FX 5200 Dell 6000i Intel Pentium M 725 (1.60 GHz/2MB Cache/400MHz FSB) ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300 64MB HyperMemory 1 gig DDR2 PC2-3200 Music server: AMD K6 500 MHz 128 Meg RAM Onkyo HT-R520 Reciever 6.1 DTS ES & Dolby Digital EX

11-23-2005, 12:40 PM	#10 (permalink)
Ku-sama banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Computer Cave. AKA: King Computer Inc. Age: 18 Posts: 5,312	or a shelf system for $20 at bestbuy

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