--- Alex Allee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
Yeah, it's cheaper to build the audio into the
motherboard without an amp then only provide a
line level out jack for amplified speakers.
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