[NBLUG/talk] [WLUG] Speakers

[Dan Pritts]

a sound card cannot drive more than headphones or really tiny speakers 
without amplification.  

most "computer speakers" (anything with a power cord) are amplified
internally.

If you are trying to use speakers from your old stereo you'll need
to use the receiver/amp from your old stereo too.  Send the line
out from the sound card to any of the inputs on the receiver, except
don't use a phono input.

You'll need a cable with a 3.5mm stereo plug on one end and a pair
of RCA plugs on the other.  Any computer or audio store will have
one if you don't already.

Like this:

  http://www.cablesdirect.com/prodimages/CC399-05_LR.jpg

On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 01:12:33PM -0500, Jack Smith wrote:
> Can a sound card directly drive large speakers or do I need to run the
> output through an amp?  If the answer is some do and some don't how do I
> tell before I start buying cables?  I have a Realtek ALC850 on my
> motherboard.
> 
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> Jack Smith
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danno
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