ok if anyone can help me with this it would be truely awsome. i have 2 speakers that are not in use that used to be used for a stereo system. this is what i see when i read the back of one of the speakers: sharp model CP-V200 two-way bass reflex system impedance: 8 ohms crossover: 3500 Hz Min./Max.Power : 10/50W the speaker i has a positive and negative clip thing in the back to put the wires in. can anyone give me percise instructions or tell me where i can find easy instructions how to hook these 2 speakers up because it looks like it may be difficult. i have an integrated sound card(realtek ALC650) with the green hole for my speakers, the pink for a mic, and a blue one not in use. thanx. AMD Athlon XP *barton* 3200+ Asus A7N8X-X Kingston PC3200 512 DDR ATI Radeon 9600SE 40 GIG Western Digital 7200 RPM 20 GIG Maxtor 5400 RPM X-Dreamer II

You could connect the speakers to the green socket of of the sound card via a miniature stereo jack plug but you will be very disappointed by the results. These speakers are designed to be hooked to a stereo amplifier with a minimum output of 10 Watts. &ou will be lucky to get 3 Watts from an internal sound card. You could in fact over load the sound chip on the motherboard and destroy it. If you want more power from you sound card I would suggest getting a cheapish stereo amplifier, hooking that to your sound card via the line out socket which is probably the blue one and hooking the speakers to the amplifier. Stuart

There are two types of sound card outputs. 1. Speaker - which unpowered speakers can be hooked to. 2. Line out - Which needs powered speakers. If you do indeed have a `Speaker' output on your sound card, all you need is some cables and adapters. Go to Radio Shack, explain what you want to do and they will fix you up.

Stuart, Exactly right.

You need a mini stereo jack plug - the sort that fits into the green spkr out from your soundcard - and a suitable length of the twin core wire which is normally attached to it. Each core of the twin wire actually has a centre copper strand surrounded by a braided sheath of wire. All you need to do is strip the ends of the cables so you end up with the centre strand from each which will go to the red/positive connectors on your speakers, and the sheathing on each gets attached to the black/negative connectors. Make sure the inners and sheaths aren't shorting and away you go - BUT - First you will probably find that the speakers sound puny - the soundcard will almost certainly not be able to produce enough power to make a decent sound - you would normally need an external amp for this - crossovers require a minimum power output to work properly. Second, the impedance will probably not match - you'll get a sound but you'll get distortion as well. Soundcards aren't really designed for hifi speakers, but for the sake of a plug & a length of wire, it's worth having a go, you can't do any major damage. "I know that I'm mad - I've always been mad..."

damn. so the only way to hook this up and to have good sound with it is to have an amp hooked up to the comp and then speakers through the amp. well sinse my pops is not gonna let me take his amp i guess im screwed. i guess im off to find a whole surround system or stereo system to hook up to my computer. AMD Athlon XP *barton* 3200+ Asus A7N8X-X Kingston PC3200 512 DDR ATI Radeon 9600SE 40 GIG Western Digital 7200 RPM 20 GIG Maxtor 5400 RPM X-Dreamer II

what kind of surround system do you people have? im thinkin i should go for one of the 5.1 creative peices if i can find a good review along with a price under $100. logitech is just way to expensive. any recomendations? AMD Athlon XP *barton* 3200+ Asus A7N8X-X Kingston PC3200 512 DDR ATI Radeon 9600SE 40 GIG Western Digital 7200 RPM 20 GIG Maxtor 5400 RPM X-Dreamer II