Connecting a PC to hi-fi speakers

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11 July 2007, 11:59 PM

Dave Thornton

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Connecting a PC to hi-fi speakers

I'm having a 'milestone birthday' party next week and wish to play a special selection music into the garden. I'm not quite with the times audio wise (lots of music still on CD and cassette, my hi-fi doesn't play MP3 CDs and I don't own an MP3 player).

However, I think one solution is to create a playlist on Youtube and set it going. The only thing I'm unsure about is connecting the PC to the speakers. Presumably I'll need to buy a couple of jack plugs and a load of speaker wire (40 feet) and join it to my hi-fi speakers.

Will the sound quality be poor or am I best off downloading the tracks I want from iTunes, converting the MP3 files to CD audio and burning a few CDs.

Thanks in advance for any help

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12 July 2007, 12:57 AM

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Because of the distance required, easiest option is to burn tunes to audio CD.

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12 July 2007, 10:10 AM

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The PC won't power the hi-fi speakers - unless they're powered seperately of course. I have my PC connected to an amplifier which then plugs into the speakers. Use a friends old amplifier (free) and the original Technics speakers off of my seperates system (replaced by floor standing Missions ....).

Or, as someone said, burn pukka CDs from the mp3 files.

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12 July 2007, 03:54 PM

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All is reuired is that you connect the auxilary of your hi-fi to were the speakers plug into your pc (usually green jack). Then to hear whatever that your computer plays, just switch the hi-fi in aux mode.