Connecting Wire Speakers to Audio Output Sockets?

Question

Is it possible to make a stereo that plugs in its speakers through those black and red wires (I'm sorry, I'm not too technically savvy) play through, say, a DVD Player by a connector (which makes them connect to Audio Output cords (the red and white plugs you often get with DVD Players, have outlets on TVs, etc).

I've got a nice Sony stereo, and I cannot find anything with the same style that has audio output plugs instead of wires unless it's huge and/or expensive.

(Ideally, I want to get a new iMac with built-in Airport Extreme so I can buy another airport thingy with which to plug in my stereo; doing so, I can hopefully send music from the computer to the stereo speakers.)

Answer 1

It is possible. There are two ways you can go about this. First, the simple and cheap way, is to buy an adapter. You can find them at radio shack or place alike. If you buy an adapter, RCA to Speaker Wire, you will be able to go from the DVD player's RCA outputs to the speakers you want with the speaker wire connection.



http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102959



Option 2, you can buy a nifty Home Theater Receiver, that has RCA inputs for all your home theatre devices, so that you can control all your audio signal with one unit, plus it has an output for the speaker wire. Downside, it could be pricy.



Now it is possible that there could be other conversion units or adapter type things that I have not encountered, but these two solutions might be the best for you.



As far as AirTunes, FYI, you can only play music from iTunes, not any other program on the computer.

Answer 2

If its a fairly decent hi-fi Sony audio system that you have there, most of those have an Aux(illary) mode which takes in feeds from the kind of connectors (on DVD players, for example) that you are talking about. You gotta look at the back of your audio player (usually) to see if that provision is there.



Thats for the audio end. As for your input end, if compatible connectors are not available, you'll have to get into some home made solutions, involving wires, the right kind of ports and a basic knowledge of lines (ground vs "live").

Answer 3

Most of those speakers have a clip or jumper that connects the low and high end frequency, so that you do not need two power amplifier to drive them. The lower end speaker will require more power than the higher end speakers and normally will have a higher rating ins OMH's. Hope this will help you out.