Sound from Computer to House speakers

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Hey guys just wondering what wires would i need to get sound from my sound card to my home audio system??? My friend can't take his comp speakers anymore so i figured the house speakers would rock ass
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Silicon Skum · Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 7:43 pm Post subject:

when you say "house" speakers, do you mean the hifi unit or are we talking about the whole house being wired for sound?

Anyhoo, as long as there is a line in (also called AUX) than all you need is either a suitable cable length with a jack plug for the sound card on one side and depending on the input on the audio system, either RCA type connectors or another jack plug.
You will be able to get a suitable cable from Radio-shack, or any other electronics store. they don't cost much.

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Yoshida · UberTweaker Joined: 24 Dec 2003 Posts: 1219

I used to have this kind of setup, all i did was y-adapter from soundcard into an rca cable, rca cable into a stand alone amplifier, and so on to rear surround sound speakers. can find a stand alone amp @ radio shack for like 30 bucks

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2, 4, or 6 channel?
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Hoedizzy · Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 11:20 pm Post subject:

fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

All you would need is a cable with 1/8" stereo plug at one end, and two RCA plugs at the other end. Check places like Guitar Center or Sam Ash, you can get them as long as 30 feet.
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Ham_fisT · Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 1:51 pm Post subject:

I have a 50 footer, made by belkin, it even has a pass-through 1/8" plug, so you can plug in regular PC speakers at the same time
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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

I don't know that I'd go longer than 30, with a line-level signal. You really start to lose signal at 25 feet.......at twice that, ypu'd lose a minimum of 25% of your signal.

If it were a long stretch, and it was just music, I'd suggest a streaming box and Ethernet, for the best results, seems like he's talking about relatively nearby, though, I did something similar 5 or so years ago, using a 200w Sony mini-stereo as my computer speakers.
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