Members vanlatte Posted October 16, 2008 Members Share Posted October 16, 2008 I need to replace my PC speakers. I had a pair of Altec Lansing forever and they finally gave up the ghost. Now I don't want to spend a ton on some fancy Bose-Surround-Sound type thing, something under $100 would be nice. There is only one feature I really care about and I am not even sure if it is available: Most of the sets I have seen have a headphone jack either right on one of the speakers or the volume control. But I would also really like a MIC jack somewhere other than directly out of the sound card, that's such a pain to get to. Anyone know of such a beast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members groutt Posted October 16, 2008 Members Share Posted October 16, 2008 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vanlatte Posted October 16, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 16, 2008 ? Um...what is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members birdboy7007 Posted October 16, 2008 Members Share Posted October 16, 2008 Um...what is that? An 1/8" extension cable? I don't see any way that a mic-in on a speaker set would work. They're only attached to your computer via the stereo outs on the soundcard. Well, I guess it could work if it included a jack to plug into your soundcard, and then brought that wire out to the front... but that would esentially be an 1/8th" extension cable, with less versatility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members i_wanna_les_paul Posted October 16, 2008 Members Share Posted October 16, 2008 I don't see any way that a mic-in on a speaker set would work. They're only attached to your computer via the stereo outs on the soundcard.Well, I guess it could work if it included a jack to plug into your soundcard, and then brought that wire out to the front... but that would esentially be an 1/8th" extension cable, with less versatility. That's essentially what they do. I had a Boston Acoustics speaker set a number of years ago that had this feature - there were basically two separate plugs to go into the soundcard. Sorry, I can't think of any speakers I've seen recently that have this feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vanlatte Posted October 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 17, 2008 An 1/8" extension cable?I don't see any way that a mic-in on a speaker set would work. They're only attached to your computer via the stereo outs on the soundcard.Well, I guess it could work if it included a jack to plug into your soundcard, and then brought that wire out to the front... but that would esentially be an 1/8th" extension cable, with less versatility. Oh, I see. Yea that's not a bad idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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