[comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware] Stereo <--> PC speaker

grege@gold.GVG.TEK.COM (Greg Ebert) (07/11/90)

I received several request about ideas on hooking-up a stereo to an AT speaker.

#include <stdflame.pc>
#ifdef FLAME
I still don't know why anyone wants to hook up there stereo to such an inferior
noisemaker.
#endif


Anyway, remove the speaker, and replace it with a 1:1 audio transformer
from Radio Snack. The other winding of the 1:1 transformer should go
across a potentiometer, say 1K or so. Connect the wiper to the signal lead
of your AUX jack, and one of the other terminals of the pot to the shield.
Polarity is irrelevant because the transformer isolates the two. Set the
pot midway, and adjust it until the volume starts to decrease. Turn it a
bit farther; this keeps you from 'overloading' your amplifier's input
(you wouldn't want an ampli-FIRE would you ?). Now you should be able to
adjust the volume through the amp's volume control.

If you like to do things neatly, install an earphone jack in the rear of the
cabinet. Get the type with the 'built-in switch', so you can use the internal
speaker when your adapter is unplugged..

Why not pick up a cheap 8-bit D/A and stick it on the parallel port.....

komarimf@clutx.clarkson.edu (Mark Komarinski,,,) (07/12/90)

From article <1154@gold.GVG.TEK.COM>, by grege@gold.GVG.TEK.COM (Greg Ebert):
> I received several request about ideas on hooking-up a stereo to an AT speaker.
> 
> #include <stdflame.pc>
> #ifdef FLAME
> I still don't know why anyone wants to hook up there stereo to such an inferior
> noisemaker.
> #endif
>
	Simple reason..REMAC.  By connecting your PC speaker to your stereo,
	 you can hear the sounds a *lot* better.

 
Mark Komarinski - take yer pick - komarimf@clutx.clarkson.edu
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