Posted by Dan on 06/25/07 04:40

On 6/24/07 9:29 PM, The Blue Perkie wrote:
> I bought some speakers to listen to my MP3 player at work. I already
> got some speakers but the volume doesn't go to high. I just bought a
> new(cheap) pair of speakers with a subwoffer. It has the two lil
> speakers and the subwoofer. On one of the two lil speakers is a jack
> to plug headphones into. Of course when you plugh the headphones in
> you only get sound from the headphones.
>
> What'd I'd like to do is to be able to plug my other speakers into
> this jack and have sound from 4 lil speakers and the one big
> subwoofer.
>
> Is there a wire I'd have to snip or something? Or would it be to hard
> to do without damaging the speakers?
>

Ideally your MP3 player should have a LINE OUT that you connect to
AMPLIFIED SPEAKERS. The volume level is determined by the amp in the
speaker system. If you connect via the MP3 player's headphone jack,
play with the player's volume control to balance overall volume level
with sound quality (e.g. no distortion). You are listening to a stereo
recording so you only want 2 speakers (and possibly a sub-woofer). 4
speakers will screw up the imaging.

Dan

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