Hooking up a stereo shelf system speakers to my pc simultaneously?

Written by dawnegreene in Sunday, January 04, 2009 under Home Theater
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Q: Hi, I have an RCA rip n go stereo shelf system with springlock connections. I also have a gateway 64 bit pc running vista. I would like to have both my stereo and pc hooked up to my stereo speakers. The speakers that came with my pc are quite frankly, lousy! My setup is in my bedroom which is app 17x12. I have one of those vertically compact computer desks that accommodates my computer, printer and stereo. I am not looking to blow the walls off the joint given the size of my room but...

A: if your stereo shelf system has a line in input you would run a double ended female cable in just get it at your local radio shack make sure its a stereo cable not mono the Small one (its the head phone sized jack) if your shelf system has rca red and white line inputs you need a y cable one cable that starts with female jack that goes to your computer and splits into red and white rca..if you have neither your shelf system will not accommodate your comp you will need to get some type of...

Subwoofer for a shelf stereo system?

Written by ledturtle | Saturday, June 14, 2008

I have a Sharp Micro Component System (Model XL-MP131) and am wanting to add a subwoofer to it. On the back of the system there is an RCA jack labeled "Subwoofer pre-out" and in the manual it says "When a commercially available speaker with a built-in amplifier is connected to this unit, you can enjoy sound with emphasized bass. Connect an RCA cord from a commercially available speaker with a built-in amplifier to the SUBWOOFER PRE-OUT jack"

Is a speaker...


A: A powered subwoofer is really just a single, larger, speaker with a crossover to limit it to low frequencies and a built in mono amp. The output from the jack on your speaker system provides a low level signal that requires an external amplifier.

Given the speakers on your system are not top of the line there is little point adding an expensive subwoofer (you can spend $thousands on top end models) ... maybe Sharp sells a suitable accessory model,

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Question on a turntable set up?

Written by Tank | Wednesday, April 08, 2009

So I just got a Technics SL-Q3 turntable. I have a Panasonic shelf stereo system with the right inputs (Stereo RCA). My Question is will I need a preamp or anything? or will the stereo be all I need to hook into?

How to hook my home stereo to my computer?

Written by Matt K | Friday, September 19, 2008

i have a nice shelf system problem is there no rca outs. It only has something called a music port for digital music players. And it looks like a headphone jack. Is there a wire i can get to run from my computer to the jack on the stereo. What can i do?


A: you can use a cable, but the distortion will be high and you may not like the results.

The output on your sound card is a stereo mini plug, the inputs on your stereo amp is RCA.

You need a "stereo mini to male RCA" cable.

Plug the RCA plugs into the AUX input on your receiver. Set the volume level on the computer to very LOW - to minimize distortion, and the other end into the speaker out of your computer.


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