How to save money and improve your PC sounds Quality (How to Build the Perfect Computer)

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Product:	How to Build the Perfect Computer
Date:	15/06/01 (36 review reads)
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Advantages: Cheap, Proper HIFI sound quality, Saves space

Disadvantages: None!

Do you have a decent hi-fi system which is located near to your PC? If so have you thought about connecting your PC to it? If so Ian Robertson shows you how to do it and what you need.

Firstly you will need a spare input on your hi-fi. Most decent hi-fi systems will come with at least one AUX input. If you have hi-fi separates you would definitely have an input suitable for you PC.

Your PC can be connected to any line input (i.e CD, Tape, Video, DVD, Tuner etc) but in a lot of cases not the input marked phono. This because this is input is designed to be used with a turntable which has a lot weaker signal than that of a CD player or a computer etc. To get round this problem a lot of amps have whats called a phono preamp which amplifies the signal to line level.

Once you have found a suitable input you need a lead which has 2 phono plugs on one end and a stereo 3.5mm jack on the other. These leads can be bought from shops like Maplin and cost around £4.

The normal length of these cables is around 1m so you may need a to buy and extension lead, these are sold as headphone extensions leads. This will then plug into the 3.5m jack on the other cable.

Once you have got the correct length of cable you need to connect the two phono amps into the back of your amp and the 3.5m plug into the output socket on your soundcard.

Once you have done this you are away and you can now listen to your mp3s in HIFI quality and it cost you less than £5, the price of some of the worst computer speakers!

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