Newbie here again: Stereo speakers

[stesh]

Hey, Newbie here again.

Just wanted to know if its possible to hook up some stereo speakers with the positive and negative terminals to your audio interface (Presonus Firebox) in lieu of studio monitors???

- Is there such thing as a adapter or converter for stereo speakers?

Sorry if this question was answered already, but i just have some speaker lying around that aren't being used. Anything would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

[WhiteStrat]

The stereo speakers won't be powered/amplified (most likely). Passive studio monitors require a matched power amp, or folks use active monitors with the power amps built in.

Those stereo speakers were being amplified by the stereo they were plugged into. That wouldn't be the case with your Firebox.

 

[darrin_h2000]

Right on...and you might consider saving your tracks to remix after you do get some good monitors...but the stereo speakers should be nice to use untill you can afford good monitors which start at normally arround $700...or $300 used.

 

[stesh]

The stereo speakers won't be powered/amplified (most likely). Passive studio monitors require a matched power amp, or folks use active monitors with the power amps built in.

Those stereo speakers were being amplified by the stereo they were plugged into. That wouldn't be the case with your Firebox.

Hey, thanks for taking the time to answer my question.

Sorry if you answered this somewhere in your post, but can i buy some sort of power amp for the stereo speakers? i apologize again, i'm still very new at this. Thanks again.

 

[WhiteStrat]

Hey, thanks for taking the time to answer my question.

Sorry if you answered this somewhere in your post, but can i buy some sort of power amp for the stereo speakers? i apologize again, i'm still very new at this. Thanks again.

I'm sure you could--but you'd have to be careful to match the amp to the speakers--lest you blow one or the other.

Everything I have--from monitors to a live rig--is all active. Built in power amps for everything. So I'm not the guy to talk intelligently about how to match the power rating on your speakers to an amp--it's just not something I know that much about (except that you need to).

Hopefully someone who knows more than me will be along to help sort it out. In the meantime, you might want to check and post the watts and ohms of your speakers. I'm sure that'll help someone give you some power amp guidance.

 

[stesh]

I'm sure you could--but you'd have to be careful to match the amp to the speakers--lest you blow one or the other.

Everything I have--from monitors to a live rig--is all active. Built in power amps for everything. So I'm not the guy to talk intelligently about how to match the power rating on your speakers to an amp--it's just not something I know that much about (except that you need to).

Hopefully someone who knows more than me will be along to help sort it out. In the meantime, you might want to check and post the watts and ohms of your speakers. I'm sure that'll help someone give you some power amp guidance.

I appreciate it though WhiteStrat. Thanks for the advice.

 

[Seafroggys]

I have read that you'll want a power amp that has double the wattage of the speaker's RMS rating. So if your speakers are 50 Watts @ 4 ohms, you'll want a stereo power amp that can output 100 watts @ 4 ohms for each channel.

 

[gecko zzed]

While in critical applications it is important to match a stereo amp with its speakers, most of the time you can get away with just about any combination.

Do your stereo speakers mention any specifications anywhere on the back?

If you go to a secondhand shop you could pick up a stereo amp quite cheaply.

 

[Jeff_D]

While in critical applications it is important to match a stereo amp with its speakers, most of the time you can get away with just about any combination.

Do your stereo speakers mention any specifications anywhere on the back?

If you go to a secondhand shop you could pick up a stereo amp quite cheaply.

Exactly- find a stereo that you can use- run the output from the interface into the stereo amp and plug your speakers into that... Better than computers speakers. It'll get you by until you're ready to commit to "real" monitors.