On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:08:57 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>> (I wonder how many people think you have to connect a PC to special  
>>> "PC speakers"?)
>>  Errr, you do.  A "PC speaker" is one with an amplifier built in.
>
> Errr, you don't. There needs to be an amplifier somewhere in the signal  
> path, for sure. But there's no particular requirement for it to be built  
> into the speaker, or indeed for the speaker to be specially designed for  
> use with a PC.

Indeed, I used to have unpowered speakers (made for use with PCs)  
connected to my PC and they sounded just fine. Of course, sound cards back  
then (about a decade ago) had built-in amplifiers powerful enough to drive  
small speakers to a decent volume.



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FE

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