Corish Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 Right its not a problem I just want the speaker that I have wired up to work in my pc louder. Its a speaker from a CD Player, what I did was cut about 10inch of wire and the socket to fit into the input for sound on the PC, put wires to the wires on the speaker, and it works. Its obvious its running from the power or the PC but is there any way of puttin more power into it to get them louder?? Thanks.. If you dont understand what I mean i'll try and help you understand :lol: corish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delusional Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 I'm not entirely clear on what you've said, but from what I gather you've jury-rigged some sort of cable from the headphone jack on your soundcard to some undefined speakers. Power shouldn't be an issue here, speakers themselves aren't normally powered in any way - they're acoustic instruments not digital so they don't need electricity. Assuming you've plugged them into the headphone socket on your soundcard, all the amplifying will be being done by your PC. What will almost certainly improve your sound quality though is getting hold of some decent cables. Pop along to your nearest hi-fi shop and grab any interconnect with the appropriate plugs on it and give that a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 You'll need to amplify the output from the PC to get any real volume out of a big CD player speaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endohopper Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 (edited) As Delusional suggests , the best you can hope to achieve is minimising signal loss by running better cable . Be aware of the speaker's magnet in proximity to CRT monitors , and sensitive electronics too . Edited March 30, 2005 by Endohopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 ...Power shouldn't be an issue here, speakers themselves aren't normally powered in any way - they're acoustic instruments not digital so they don't need electricity. Assuming you've plugged them into the headphone socket on your soundcard, all the amplifying will be being done by your PC.... ← Not quite true is it . . .. ? maybe i dont understand what you have said but speakers most definately do need power pushed into them - otherwise you wouldnt be able to hear them - the electric makes the cone go in and out. . . . So the set up is youve got line out from your PC and plugged that straight into a speaker... and its not very loud ( :unsure:" ) . Buying expensive audio cable will not make the thing noticeably louder - 10 inches of cable aint very far to make a huge loss of the signal...... The only thing you can do is stick an amplifier in the way - where did you get the speaker from ? a CD player - what sort - you may be able to bodge that up as an amplifier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delusional Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Not quite true is it . . .. ? maybe i dont understand what you have said but speakers most definately do need power pushed into them - otherwise you wouldnt be able to hear them - the electric makes the cone go in and out. . . . Sorry, yes you're right. According to howstuffworks speakers are fed a positive of negative current that moves the cone in one way or the other. I was thinking of the fact that speakers don't need a direct power supply hooked up to them, but the reason for that is kind of obvious when I do some research into how they work properly :) So my reasoning was all wrong, but the end result is still kind of correct. So the set up is youve got line out from your PC and plugged that straight into a speaker... and its not very loud ( :-" ) . Buying expensive audio cable will not make the thing noticeably louder - 10 inches of cable aint very far to make a huge loss of the signal...... I got the impression the cable had been bodged up out of several different cables, in which case replacing it with a professionally made cable could make quite a lot of difference. Although now that I think about it I guess it's probably been done like that because the speakers cable is hardwired in, in which case it's not going to be possible to do anything other than bodge it without adding some extra stuff in. Thinking about it some more, there should be all sorts of problems with feeding a stereo signal into a single speaker. I'm not entirely sure how that would be being dealt with... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on that? u must be joking Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Probably not the response you're looking for, but you can pick up a decent set of creative inspire 2.1 speakers for about a tenner on ebay. It's worth a look if money is your deciding factor rather than a wish to bodge. Ebay search Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Sorry, yes you're right. According to howstuffworks speakers are fed a positive of negative current that moves the cone in one way or the other. I was thinking of the fact that speakers don't need a direct power supply hooked up to them, but the reason for that is kind of obvious when I do some research into how they work properly :P So my reasoning was all wrong, but the end result is still kind of correct. ← But the 3.5mm jack on his sound card is not going to supply anywhere near enough p.d. to make the cones move appreciably. That's what amps are for :P Or one of us has got our wires crossed (pun intended (Y) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyroo Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 A small set of powered (built in amp basically) stereo pc speakers are dirt cheap, probably cheaper than some expensive cable, save yourself the hassle and buy some of those! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Don't care about reading your problem, but what I've done is got a 3.5mm > Phono cable jobber and plugged it into my amp, then plug my speakers into that, and it works really well, so I would advise doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 What a lovely story. Round of applause for Jon for his lovely story. Mind the door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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