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In the "post your workstation" thread, i've been seeing a few people with receivers or what not connected to their PC's with what looks like high quality speakers. I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to pc audio, but today I remembered that my dad has an onkyo receiever stored away that has not been used for a while. It's pretty old too..., probably bought in the mid-upper 90's.

My question, is it possible to connect these to my current computer, and if so, would it be worth it over regular computer speakers? I don't reallly know the process of connecting these kinds of devices to the pc, so would I need any special cables? My motherboard, a gigabyte p35 ds3r has digital outputs for audio (though I will probably get a soundcard), and i'm assuming thats what I need to connect one of these receivers? Along with the onkyo are 5 speakers, but no subwoofer.

I have some pics of it.

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Thanks in advance. Much appreciated
 
it looks like your reciever has no digital input so you could only connect it analog.

but no problem: you need a 3,5mm to rca connector cable like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882203024

then connect it to the line out from your onboard sound, usually the green marked port, and then to a free input on the reciever, like the cd input.
since the onkyo seems to only feature pro-logic you're fine with only connecting it "stereo".

the quality will mostly depend on the speakers you will be using.
 
With a pair of speakers (and a sub if possible) it'll be good for stereo, but if you want positional surround sound it wont work.
 
it features only dolby pro logic where the sourround information is mixed into the stereo signal. only a source encoded in pro logic will be played back in "sourround sound".
if i remember correctly pro logic 2 was capable of processing ordinary stereo signals into faked sourround. ( while it wasn't realy sourround sound it got very good reviews)

so if your demands aren't to high your amp will be fine for music and movies but don't expect positional audio in games.
if you buy 2 decent speakers you will have a really nice stereo system.
 
Alright, I have it hooked up to my pc, and it sounds great! I'm no audiophile, but it came with some infinity minuette speakers, which sound very good to me, though they are pretty cheap in price online from what I googled (they are old anyways). However, theres no bass! It feels so weird not having any bass at all, haha.

So... I have a sony subwoofer laying around, and I was wondering, if I bought a subwoofer cable to connect to the "subwoofer pre-out" connection, will the sub work with my computer? I just want to know before I buy the cable. Thanks.
 
if it has its own power source(plugs into the wall) and you got a sub cable and hooked it up, yes it would provide bass for everything (comp, radio, etc)
 
assuming that the sub has it's own crossover you could hook it up in parallel to the front speakers.
is there only a input on the sub?
or does it have outputs as well? if so, you could go from the amp to the sub and then to the speakers.
pics from the subwoofer connectors would help suggesting something.
 
It only has the red and black inputs. No outputs or wall power source. I'll try and take a pic of it.

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ok then you could only connect it parallel to the front speakers or the 2nd set front speaker connectors.

or if you have enough money you could buy a extra amp for the sub and connect it to the subwoofer pre out on the amp.

but i think for a basic setup you should be fine connecting it to the second front speaker outputs, then select both speakers to play on the amp.
 
hmm... i'm not sure if I understand your advice. Forgive my ignorance. What does "connecting in parallel" mean?"

So i should connect the sub to the "front speaker remote"? I'm not really sure what i'm supposed to do.
 
yeah...do that, id assume theres a setting like A/B speakers and you should have it to A + B as in both speakers A and speakers B function. That should do it.
 
Okay so I have 2 speakers, both connected to the "front speakers main". To connect the sub, I would connect it to either the right of left channel of "front speakers remote"? Will either work? Or am i supposed to plug it somewhere else? I can play both main and remote speakers at the same time.
 
you need to "switch on" the second set of speaker outputs first.
the switch on your amp should read Speakers A+B or similar.
if you did this already then there is maybe some problem with the sub itself,
or maybe some circiut in the amp prevents this "ghetto connection method"

with connect it in parallel i meant you could squeeze the cables from the sub into the connector in which your front speakers are already connected.
 
Eh, well thanks for all the help guys. Both speaker connections were on.

But the whole thing just blew out. I saw a spark, and now it won't even power on. Was good while it lasted.
 
maybe it's just the fuse inside the amp which was blown, they a easy to replace in most cases.
 
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