Two sound cards

middle076 · 03-10-2006, 01:44 PM

I'd like to be able to have two computers share one set of speakers.
Is it possible to have the line out from one computer's sound card go into the line in of the other computer's sound card, then have that sound card's line out go to the speaker?

Is there another way to do it, maybe a splitter to the line out's feeding into the speaker?

Thanks!

**magicman** · 03-10-2006, 02:37 PM

Do you plan to have both pc's on at the same time? If so then in theory you could do it the way you suggested.

Otherwise, and probably a better sound quality solution, would be getting a combiner y-adapter, which would combine the two signals. They're usually only about 6" in length, so you'll obviously need extension audio cables as well.

suprasteve · 03-10-2006, 02:39 PM

some speakers, typically the more expensive ones, will have multiple inputs, like my megaworks 6.1's have the three inputs for the 6.1 but then an auxiliary one for a single one

**The_Other_One** · 03-10-2006, 04:30 PM

Eh, I'm not quite sure why you'd do that, but yes, you can jumper soundcards together...

Advitiya Saxena · 03-14-2006, 06:39 AM

i hav sony srs d313 speakers and it has two inputs. there is a knob to change the input from 1 to 2 and u can actually mx the input as well...

planes891 · 03-21-2006, 01:18 AM

imsure theres something you could get from radioshack to help....

**dragon2309** · 03-21-2006, 04:26 PM

plug this into your speakers input, then voila you have a speaker with 2 inputs to it, connect each PC into one of the 3.5mm jacks there

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GOLD-3-5-mm-He...QQcmdZViewItem

dragon

03-10-2006, 01:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
middle076 New Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4	Two sound cards I'd like to be able to have two computers share one set of speakers. Is it possible to have the line out from one computer's sound card go into the line in of the other computer's sound card, then have that sound card's line out go to the speaker? Is there another way to do it, maybe a splitter to the line out's feeding into the speaker? Thanks!

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magicman Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 3,063	Do you plan to have both pc's on at the same time? If so then in theory you could do it the way you suggested. Otherwise, and probably a better sound quality solution, would be getting a combiner y-adapter, which would combine the two signals. They're usually only about 6" in length, so you'll obviously need extension audio cables as well. __________________ FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

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03-14-2006, 06:39 AM	#5 (permalink)
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suprasteve Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,355	some speakers, typically the more expensive ones, will have multiple inputs, like my megaworks 6.1's have the three inputs for the 6.1 but then an auxiliary one for a single one

03-21-2006, 04:26 PM	#7 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 20 Posts: 8,429	plug this into your speakers input, then voila you have a speaker with 2 inputs to it, connect each PC into one of the 3.5mm jacks there http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GOLD-3-5-mm-He...QQcmdZViewItem dragon __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

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