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 Mar 30 2006, 09:11 PM
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Member [Level 2]  Group: Members Posts: 85 Joined: 22-July 05 Member No.: 9,735  |
Hi,
I have two large loudspeakers sat on my desk, and they are connected to a HiFi, I personally see this as a bit of a waste of space as I also have to have PC speakers on my desk as well. I would like to connect the PC to these HiFi speakers. I have a 5.1 Headset, and this offers some ports for me to connect in 6 HiFi Speakers. When I connect mine in, they work, but they are very quiet. Seeing as the speakers volume control is on the HiFi itself, I have no way of turning them up externally. Does anyone know of a progrma that I can use to boost the output sound of my computer? |
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Mar 30 2006, 11:45 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 201 Joined: 20-March 06 Member No.: 20,365 |
You probably won't be able to do that, your soundcard can only do so much and what you probably need is an amplifier for your speakers.
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Mar 31 2006, 04:53 AM
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Privileged Member Group: Members Posts: 518 Joined: 29-April 05 From: Canada Eh?!? Member No.: 6,408 |
Yeah, if the sound is turned up all the way in windows then that's the best you got. You can buy some pretty cheep amps, and I hear they aren't that hard to make it you have the time and patience (plus the parts).
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Mar 31 2006, 05:22 AM
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Member [Level 2] Group: Members Posts: 78 Joined: 16-March 06 Member No.: 20,150 |
I went down to a local technology store in Australia known as *BLEEP* Smith, Inside there are many different electronic parts and also has some kits that you can make but you may need to buy a help book. These kits are very good and i myself had to make a doorbell from one of the kits for school. They had a very cheap amplifier kit and maybe if you dont live in Australia you could try ebay to get a good deal.My friend had ordered an amplifier from Ebay (the american one) and he got it for one dollar, he was really lucky.
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Mar 31 2006, 06:57 PM
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Newbie [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 29-March 06 From: Maryland! Member No.: 20,987 |
why would u want to do that?
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Apr 3 2006, 05:54 PM
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Member [Level 2] Group: Members Posts: 85 Joined: 22-July 05 Member No.: 9,735 |
Because the speakers are actually quite decent, Surround headsets are useful for gaming, but when I am just relaxing and listening to music, there is not all that much point in wearing a headset. Okay guys, thanks, I will check in town tomorrow to see if I can pick up a cheap amp. I am in the UK, and I am looking on eBay also.
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Apr 9 2006, 03:13 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 426 Joined: 24-September 05 Member No.: 12,212 |
just use your speakers....get smaller ones that can sound good.
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Apr 9 2006, 04:51 AM
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Trap Grand Marshal Member Group: Members Posts: 1,205 Joined: 25-March 05 Member No.: 4,883 |
This will not happen because speakers are built to provide more than enough volume, rather than having a quiet sound. Check if your drivers are updated and correct as this controls your speakers on your operating system. Also, check if you got all the volume levels set to the maximum in the volume control in the Control Panel. For everything else, set them to maximum levels as well because you can then control your eventual volumn physically on your speakers.
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Apr 10 2006, 10:46 AM
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Super Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 486 Joined: 9-April 06 From: The UK Member No.: 21,584 |
Are u using a system of splitters to make the hifi speakers fit, if so this may be whats making it quiet. Most cheap speakers nowadays have a built in amplifier that should work fine:
try looking at www.maplin.co.uk - they also sell those kits that antwill was talking about cheaply. |
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