Hooking up HiFi Speakers to PC

smokin · 5th March 2004, 08:26 AM

Hi all,

I'm thinking of buying a new PC that has 6 channel ac97 audio on board.

Currently i have my audio line out going into my hifi using that as my amp.

What i want to do is throw away my hifi and just use the speakers with my new sound card.

My question is:

Can i hook these speakers into the sound card, the sound card has 6 x 3.5mm inputs and the speakers have 2 wires each for the main part and a single conector for the built in surround(can't remember what the connectors called but the same as with the standard playstation 2)?

Thanks

sreten · 5th March 2004, 09:28 AM

No. You need an amplifier for the speakers.

The cards outputs are at line level, e.g. similar to a CD player.

sreten.

smokin · 5th March 2004, 12:19 PM

Ok that makes a little sense, so pc speakers usually have a built in amp do they? I guess thats why the need power.

So does that mean there's no point having a surround sound card unless i buy the speaker to go with it.

The reason i wanted to hookup stright to my pc was to get rid of my crappy aiwa hifi which only has 2 remaining parts that works and that is the amp & speakers. And i need the space.

Can you recomend a nice small amp to use with my speakers so i can chuck the aiwa.

Cheers

5th March 2004, 08:26 AM	#1
smokin diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: uk	Hooking up HiFi Speakers to PC Hi all, I'm thinking of buying a new PC that has 6 channel ac97 audio on board. Currently i have my audio line out going into my hifi using that as my amp. What i want to do is throw away my hifi and just use the speakers with my new sound card. My question is: Can i hook these speakers into the sound card, the sound card has 6 x 3.5mm inputs and the speakers have 2 wires each for the main part and a single conector for the built in surround(can't remember what the connectors called but the same as with the standard playstation 2)? Thanks

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5th March 2004, 09:28 AM	#2
sreten diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brighton UK	No. You need an amplifier for the speakers. The cards outputs are at line level, e.g. similar to a CD player. sreten.

5th March 2004, 12:19 PM	#3
smokin diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: uk	Ok that makes a little sense, so pc speakers usually have a built in amp do they? I guess thats why the need power. So does that mean there's no point having a surround sound card unless i buy the speaker to go with it. The reason i wanted to hookup stright to my pc was to get rid of my crappy aiwa hifi which only has 2 remaining parts that works and that is the amp & speakers. And i need the space. Can you recomend a nice small amp to use with my speakers so i can chuck the aiwa. Cheers

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