Small clips for speakers

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  • 07-12-2006, 09:36 AM
    munday63
    Small clips for speakers
    Hi, i have a set of 5 speakers and a subwoofer with simple 2-wire connections at each end and i was wondering if anyone knew where i could pick up a cheap dvd player for these speakers?

    Also i was wondering if anyone knew the techincal name for the clips which you have to connect the cable to?

    Thanks
  • 07-12-2006, 09:47 AM
    markw
    A DVD player alone ain't gonna work.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by munday63
    Hi, i have a set of 5 speakers and a subwoofer with simple 2-wire connections at each end and i was wondering if anyone knew where i could pick up a cheap dvd player for these speakers?

    Also i was wondering if anyone knew the techincal name for the clips which you have to connect the cable to?

    Thanks
    You're need a receiver to go between the DVD player and those speakers. Even then, it's not likely your subwoofer would work without yet another amplifier.
  • 07-12-2006, 09:59 AM
    munday63
    What about to use the speakers for a pc?
  • 07-12-2006, 10:02 AM
    markw
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by munday63
    What about to use the speakers for a pc?
    Still gonna need an amp or a receiver.

    Speakers are worthless without amplifiers (or a receiver, which contains amplifiers) driving them.
  • 07-12-2006, 10:03 AM
    munday63
    Where can i pick up a cheap amp?
  • 07-12-2006, 10:06 AM
    markw
    Where are you?
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by munday63
    Where can i pick up a cheap amp?
    Best Buy and Circuit City sell HT receivers for $130 and up. Of course, if these are not available to you, well...

    That'll take care of the five main speakers. The receiver provides an output for powered subwoofers but yours isn't powered. You'll still need an amp for that "subwoofer.
  • 07-12-2006, 12:07 PM
    Resident Loser
    I remember...
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by markw
    Best Buy and Circuit City sell HT receivers for $130 and up. Of course, if these are not available to you, well...

    That'll take care of the five main speakers. The receiver provides an output for powered subwoofers but yours isn't powered. You'll still need an amp for that "subwoofer.
    ...hangin' out at Bill Colbert's Audio Exchange at the Roosevelt Field mall quite some time ago...customer walks in, looks around, points to a Nakamichi Dragon and asks "how many speakers can I hook up to that?"...

    jimHJJ(...ain't life fun...)