dagrish
New Head-Fier
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Hi guys,
It's been awhile since I've been on the site (read a lot about headphones awhile back, now I'm comfortable with HD598s and Amperiors) but I have a computer speaker inquiry. Let me know if I've posted this in the wrong place and I can move it.
I have a Polk Audio sub that I want to use, but no smaller speakers for mids/treble. I thought I'd get a pair of just the satellites from this Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 set without the subwoofer and try to combine my sub with those. I saw on one of the reviews on that Amazon page, though, that the Klipsch satellites are powered by the subwoofer that comes with them. I'm not entirely sure how connections/power work when it comes to these systems, so I'm wondering if I'll be able to connect these satellites to my sub without many/any issues. I know people like to customize their setups with various parts, I just haven't gone very far beyond headphones (no amps) and wonder if this is a case that either wouldn't work or would take some electrical engineering knowledge on my part.
Hopefully this isn't too specific of a question, thanks in advance for any help!
Edit: Here's a picture of the satellites from the back, it looks like there's only one place for a connection on either speaker. So I'm thinking that I could split the audio signal out of my source (just my laptop for now, but it's proven to be fairly powerful in the past) and send one pair (L/R) of outputs into these satellites, and the other pair into the sub. I suppose 'powering' the speakers could just mean sending them a signal, similar to passive headphones. Hope this helps.
It's been awhile since I've been on the site (read a lot about headphones awhile back, now I'm comfortable with HD598s and Amperiors) but I have a computer speaker inquiry. Let me know if I've posted this in the wrong place and I can move it.
I have a Polk Audio sub that I want to use, but no smaller speakers for mids/treble. I thought I'd get a pair of just the satellites from this Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 set without the subwoofer and try to combine my sub with those. I saw on one of the reviews on that Amazon page, though, that the Klipsch satellites are powered by the subwoofer that comes with them. I'm not entirely sure how connections/power work when it comes to these systems, so I'm wondering if I'll be able to connect these satellites to my sub without many/any issues. I know people like to customize their setups with various parts, I just haven't gone very far beyond headphones (no amps) and wonder if this is a case that either wouldn't work or would take some electrical engineering knowledge on my part.
Hopefully this isn't too specific of a question, thanks in advance for any help!
Edit: Here's a picture of the satellites from the back, it looks like there's only one place for a connection on either speaker. So I'm thinking that I could split the audio signal out of my source (just my laptop for now, but it's proven to be fairly powerful in the past) and send one pair (L/R) of outputs into these satellites, and the other pair into the sub. I suppose 'powering' the speakers could just mean sending them a signal, similar to passive headphones. Hope this helps.