Would red/black wiring speakers work on a computer if I rewired them with standard headphones?
Travis S asked:
I plan on cutting the earphones off and wiring the wires to the appropriate pos/neg wire on the speakers. Should I put both speakers posotivies together and wire them with the headphones positive and vice versa? Will this even work at all?
Robbie: I feared that would be the case with watts or voltage or something similar thanks for the warning.
I plan on cutting the earphones off and wiring the wires to the appropriate pos/neg wire on the speakers. Should I put both speakers posotivies together and wire them with the headphones positive and vice versa? Will this even work at all?
Robbie: I feared that would be the case with watts or voltage or something similar thanks for the warning.
Is there a workaround? The speakers were originally meant for a stereo is there anyway I could hook the stereo via auxiliary cables into the computer?
No, they’re the wrong impedance (speakers have a very low impedance). I did that once and smoke started to come out of the amp and the circuit board was stuffed.
You need an amplifier in between the computer headphone output and the speakers. Even an inexpensive stereo receiver would work:
Just get a 3.5mm to RCA cord to connect the headphone jack to the stereo:
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