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Main => Audio/Jukebox/MP3 Forum => Topic started by: originalself on December 12, 2003, 11:19:04 pm

Title: sound to cab speakers?
Post by: originalself on December 12, 2003, 11:19:04 pm

How do i get audio from the sound card to my cab speakers, I have everything connected via a jpac to the jamma harness. Most people seem to use pc speakers but i like my cab speakers. can anyone help or point to a good guide?
How do I make the wires to goto the jpac, do i strip a headphone plug?
thanks

Title: Re:sound to cab speakers?
Post by: Silverwind on December 13, 2003, 10:44:25 am

Well you will probably need to get some sort of amplifier for them..

I have heard some people getting a pair of computer speakers and then gutting out the amp in the subwoofer..  or if you can find a stand-alone amplifier for them..

I went off the deep end ;)  I bought a receiver on sale for 79.99 to drive my speakers.  Have a pair of polk audio 6.5" component speakers.  I just plug the digital out of my soundcard into the receiver and viola.. as a bonus now  I can play AM/FM on the thing too..

At first I was looking into a stand-alone amplifier.. but unless you can get a used price.. it's almost cheaper to go this way..

Cheapest way will probably be some sort of speaker hack.. but i'm inexperienced at those..

Title: Re:sound to cab speakers?
Post by: TalkingOctopus on December 13, 2003, 05:22:15 pm

I think this might be what you want to do:

http://www.oscarcontrols.com/speaker/ (http://www.oscarcontrols.com/speaker/)

I did this for my cab and I am very pleased with the results.