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*ChrisCantSkate* · 06-07-2008, 12:48 PM

so on my recording computer i have 1/4inch inputs/outputs on the sound card and thats how i have to hook the speakers up to it. now as it sits i have the 1/4 -> 3.5mm adapter and am running a set of computer speakers on it. problem is the jacks on the computer are left and right and do not send a stereo signal therefor one of my speakers plays no sound. deffinitally a pain in my ass.

ok enough background, my problem, or question i guess is i have a set of home audio speakers im not using, is it as simple as going to radio shack and buying a couple of 1/4 jacks and having one end open to hook the speakers to? the speakers have the standard red/black 2 wire hookup you would connect bare wires to.

also is there a 1/4 left and right to rca left and right? i may run the computer through my home stereo.

i tried searching for somehting similar but couldn't find shit anywhere, figure one of you guys might have a clue

GT40FIED · 06-09-2008, 04:26 AM

1/4" ---> RCA can be found here: http://www.audiogear.com/Audio-Adapters-RCA-Plugs.html or here: http://www.fullcompass.com/product/307416.html . Just google that shit under '1/4" RCA adapter'.

As for hooking up your home speakers...that's a bit tougher. I'd say it's definitely worth a try. Just get some plug end from Radio Shack and give it a shot. You might not get good level out of it, though. I don't know what kind of output strength sound cards have so I don't know if it's be enough to give the speakers enough power. Worse comes to worse you could send the PC signal to a receiver and then hook your speakers up to that. It's give you much better connectivity options, too.

*ChrisCantSkate* · 06-10-2008, 03:37 PM

i might do 1/4 inch to rca to my home theater since that has the power to push these speakers and i dont know how my card will do. im just so sick of not having stereo sound, or properly mixed bass/treble (the computer speakers have a subwoofer on em that isnt taking the signal right due to the 1/4 mono jack they are coming from

06-07-2008, 12:48 PM	#1
ChrisCantSkate Thought Police Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: orlando florida Age: 40 Posts: 9,662	speaker cable question so on my recording computer i have 1/4inch inputs/outputs on the sound card and thats how i have to hook the speakers up to it. now as it sits i have the 1/4 -> 3.5mm adapter and am running a set of computer speakers on it. problem is the jacks on the computer are left and right and do not send a stereo signal therefor one of my speakers plays no sound. deffinitally a pain in my ass. ok enough background, my problem, or question i guess is i have a set of home audio speakers im not using, is it as simple as going to radio shack and buying a couple of 1/4 jacks and having one end open to hook the speakers to? the speakers have the standard red/black 2 wire hookup you would connect bare wires to. also is there a 1/4 left and right to rca left and right? i may run the computer through my home stereo. i tried searching for somehting similar but couldn't find shit anywhere, figure one of you guys might have a clue __________________ Black Vtec Prelude-h22a power'd Many dreams come true, and some have silver linings. I live for my dreams and a pocket full of gold.

06-09-2008, 04:26 AM	#2
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 43 Posts: 7,451	1/4" ---> RCA can be found here: http://www.audiogear.com/Audio-Adapters-RCA-Plugs.html or here: http://www.fullcompass.com/product/307416.html . Just google that shit under '1/4" RCA adapter'. As for hooking up your home speakers...that's a bit tougher. I'd say it's definitely worth a try. Just get some plug end from Radio Shack and give it a shot. You might not get good level out of it, though. I don't know what kind of output strength sound cards have so I don't know if it's be enough to give the speakers enough power. Worse comes to worse you could send the PC signal to a receiver and then hook your speakers up to that. It's give you much better connectivity options, too. __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika

06-10-2008, 03:37 PM	#3
ChrisCantSkate Thought Police Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: orlando florida Age: 40 Posts: 9,662	i might do 1/4 inch to rca to my home theater since that has the power to push these speakers and i dont know how my card will do. im just so sick of not having stereo sound, or properly mixed bass/treble (the computer speakers have a subwoofer on em that isnt taking the signal right due to the 1/4 mono jack they are coming from __________________ Black Vtec Prelude-h22a power'd Many dreams come true, and some have silver linings. I live for my dreams and a pocket full of gold.

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