Need help with speaker set-up

2008-11-24 23:52:42

#1

GateKeeper{NL}: Member; +142|6635

Hi guy's I need you help.

I need help with my speaker set up.

I've got the Z-5500 currently and I want to add 2 speaker towers to my speaker setup.

Ive got a soundcard that supports the 7.1 setup but the speaker towers are normal speakers for a normal radio set so there's no way I can just plug them into my Pc.

These are the things

https://www.fransvaneeckhout.be/promoties/promo_6nov2004/bns_scII.JPG

thx in advance

2008-11-24 23:54:36

#2

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6419|what

Do you mean you have red and black wires that would normally go into a radio, needed to now go into your pc?

2008-11-24 23:59:18

#3

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6463|Winland

Well, you could rip your Z5500 apart and plug the sub in the extra speakers to the sub output, and the trebs to a couple of the sattelites.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-11-24 23:59:50

#4

GateKeeper{NL}: Member; +142|6635

TheAussieReaper wrote:
Do you mean you have red and black wires that would normally go into a radio, needed to now go into your pc?

Yeah

Freezer7Pro wrote:
Well, you could rip your Z5500 apart and plug the sub in the extra speakers to the sub output, and the trebs to a couple of the sattelites.

D: Is there not any other way?

Last edited by GateKeeper{NL} (2008-11-25 00:00:41)

2008-11-25 00:01:56

#5

TheDonkey: Eat my bearrrrrrrrrrr, Tonighttt; +163|5983|Vancouver, BC, Canada

GateKeeper{NL} wrote:
TheAussieReaper wrote:
Do you mean you have red and black wires that would normally go into a radio, needed to now go into your pc?
Yeah

Freezer7Pro wrote:
Well, you could rip your Z5500 apart and plug the sub in the extra speakers to the sub output, and the trebs to a couple of the sattelites.
D: Is there not any other way?

Then you gotta find an Amp, I'd personally go to my local, neighborhood Thrift store, and find a smallish Bookshelf audio system with an AUX In, then go buy a 3.5mm MALE MALE Cable.

2008-11-25 00:05:15

#6

tazz.: oz.; +1,338|6440|Sydney | ♥

You can connect it to a jack, go to your local dick smiths, but then your speaker would no be powered, hmmmmmm

Get yaself a small unit from ebay, i have a huge one from back in the 70's that dad got, i use iit heaps, hooked up my comp, TV, and ipod dock to its 7.1 sound system. Works for me

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2008-11-25 00:06:47

#7

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6419|what

Go to radioshack and they should set you up with what you need, explain the situation.

2008-11-25 00:16:50

#8

TheDonkey: Eat my bearrrrrrrrrrr, Tonighttt; +163|5983|Vancouver, BC, Canada

TheAussieReaper wrote:
Go to radioshack and they should set you up with what you need, explain the situation.

lolno.

Go to Radioshack, explain what you need, listen to what they say(exact same as me) then go to your thrift store and buy it.

2008-11-25 00:17:45

#9

tazz.: oz.; +1,338|6440|Sydney | ♥

TheDonkey wrote:
TheAussieReaper wrote:
Go to radioshack and they should set you up with what you need, explain the situation.
lolno.

Go to Radioshack, explain what you need, listen to what they say(exact same as me) then go to your thrift store and buy it.

Bahahaha, yeah nice.

^{everything i write is a ramble and should not be taken seriously.... _{seriously. ♥}}

2008-11-25 00:18:15

#10

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6419|what

TheDonkey wrote:
TheAussieReaper wrote:
Go to radioshack and they should set you up with what you need, explain the situation.
lolno.

Go to Radioshack, explain what you need, listen to what they say(exact same as me) then go to your thrift store and buy it.

We don't have radioshack here, they bad for prices I take it? lol

2008-11-25 00:24:37

#11

tazz.: oz.; +1,338|6440|Sydney | ♥

TheDonkey wrote:
TheAussieReaper wrote:
Go to radioshack and they should set you up with what you need, explain the situation.
lolno.

Go to JB HI-FI, explain what you need, listen to what they say(exact same as me) then go to your DICK-SMITH store and buy it.

Fixed for you reaps

<3

^{everything i write is a ramble and should not be taken seriously.... _{seriously. ♥}}

2008-11-25 03:25:00

#12

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6419|what

tazz. wrote:
Fixed for you reaps

<3

Thanks taz

<3

But gatekeeper is from The Netherlands. Or is it Holland?

Anyway, I think he's Dutch actually, I dunno.

2008-11-25 03:28:42

#13

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6833|NYC / Hamburg

You'll need a stereo amp/reciever and a 3.5mm headphone to cinch / RCA.

Use the big speakers are your front ones, use the z5500 as center and surround. It's not a pretty solution. You'll need to control the volume though windows. It will take some time to get it set up properly.

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2008-11-25 03:32:21

#14

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6704|King Of The Islands

Man our stores have shit names.

We have an entire chain of stores with "Dick" in it.

My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.

2008-11-25 06:19:56

#15

heggs: Spamalamadingdong; +581|6654|New York

max wrote:
You'll need a stereo amp/reciever and a 3.5mm headphone to cinch / RCA.

Use the big speakers are your front ones, use the z5500 as center and surround. It's not a pretty solution. You'll need to control the volume though windows. It will take some time to get it set up properly.

This.

Basically, it's going to be a pain in the ass. Those speakers are meant to be hooked up to an amp/receiver, and won't work directly with your Logitech speakers. Follow what max said to get it hooked up, but in my opinion, you're almost better off just hooking them up separately out of your pc. Then you can have the option of big stereo sound or surround.

Or, you could put them in parallel with the speakers you currently have for extra power, using a 3.5 mm splitter. The signal would then be sent to the Logitech speakers and to the future amp/receiver you'll be getting.

Just a few thoughts.

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