Are there jacks for old speakers (with wires)?
I have two 1990 speakers, that I would love to hook up to either my laptop or iphone.
I was wondering if there are any jacks that I'm un aware of that could help me.
They are two plain wires from the speakers that go up to the old stereo system. I've been told that those two wires on the inside (of the stereo) wrap around a metal object (? A screw?) and that's how the sound works. When I take them out, there isn't any jack at all, so i'm stuck with two wires.
As you can tell I'm quite lost:$
Sorry, but this won't work even if you did manage to connect things. Your laptop or iPhone do not provide enough power at the headphone jack to drive speakers such as you describe. You might even damage your laptop or iPhone (more likely your iPhone) by connecting unpowered speakers to them.
(By the way, "jacks" are the holes. The pointy thing on the end of your headphone cable is a plug, not a jack.)
If you still have the rest of the stereo system, you could get a cable with a 3.5 mm TRS stereo phone plug on one end and dual RCA plugs on the other. Connect the RCA plugs into an "aux" input on the stereo. Set the stereo to "aux", plug the 3.5mm end of the cable into your laptop or phone, and you should hear the sound through the speakers.
Failing that, you need to get a set of amplified speakers (typical "PC speakers"), or else get a home stereo-type receiver or integrated amplifier.
You need an amplifier. It will have outputs you can connect your speaker wires to. It will have RCA or 3.5mm aux inputs, which either can connect to your phone or computer with a mating cable.
The amplifier will need to connect to power.
A popular one is the Lepai T-amp.
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