on 8/13/01 8:43 PM, Sam Burrish at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> I used to have some stereo speakers that actually had an RCA jack built into
>>> each one. Pretty strange. I tried hooking them directly into the sound out
>>> of a computer (with a headphone jack to RCA cable), but there wasn't enough
>>> power to drive the speakers at a useful volume.
>
>> Probably the result of impedance mismatch. Are the audio-out ports
>> generally 4 ohm or 8 ohm ? Anybody ?
>
> I'm guessing either way you have to go through some sort of stereo deck or
> pre-amp.
Yeah, that'd be my guess. That's why 99% of computer speakers are amplified.
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