Will this damage my on-board sound output?

[Rouxenator]

I have a couple of large speakers they were used by an old micro hifi, they are 8 ohm and 25watt RMS. Will it damage my sound chip if I plug them in directly, without amplifier, to my onboard sound chip? I am not looking for a lot of volume from the speakers although I will run the setup with the volume of the sound chip maxed out.

 

[Rickster]

I have a couple of large speakers they were used by an old micro hifi, they are 8 ohm and 25watt RMS. Will it damage my sound chip if I plug them in directly, without amplifier, to my onboard sound chip? I am not looking for a lot of volume from the speakers although I will run the setup with the volume of the sound chip maxed out.

Doesnt that speaker use speaker wire as a connection?

 

[Rouxenator]

I have a few 3.5mm connectors and know how to operate a soldering iron

 

[Rickster]

I have a few 3.5mm connectors and know how to operate a soldering iron

According to toms hardware

200Watt RMS speakers you will need atleast a 100 watt or more output capable amplifier

I think you will need a 40W amp.

 

[Rouxenator]

If I plug in a 25watt speaker directly to the speaker out jack of my PC, will it damage the PC ?

 

[Rickster]

If I plug in a 25watt speaker directly to the speaker out jack of my PC, will it damage the PC ?

Im guessing it would.

 

[AstroTurf]

What watt does your pc output? (if any).

Likely just a preamp, likely will not cause damage but might.

 

[Electric]

No, it won't damage your pc.

 

[Rouxenator]

Thanks, what would be the maximum rating for a non-amplified speaker that will not damage a computers sound output?

 

[Rickster]

Thanks, what would be the maximum rating for a non-amplified speaker that will not damage a computers sound output?

Electic says no, i say yes.

Are you really going to take that chance?

 

[Rouxenator]

Well if you can give me a watt rating of what would be the maximum for us without amplifier then I'd go with that.

 

[AstroTurf]

Thanks, what would be the maximum rating for a non-amplified speaker that will not damage a computers sound output?

How many eggs are in a basket?

 

[Electric]

Electic says no, i say yes.

Are you really going to take that chance?

My name is electric, surely that's enough for you to believe me.

 

[MartyMarts]

How many eggs are in a basket?

Dude c'mon... There's no way he or anyone else could answer that without at least knowing what the colour of the basket is.

 

[AstroTurf]

Dude c'mon... There's no way he or anyone else could answer that without at least knowing what the colour of the basket is.

Yep

We don't even know what colour his motherboard is

 

[Tinuva]

I have a couple of large speakers they were used by an old micro hifi, they are 8 ohm and 25watt RMS. Will it damage my sound chip if I plug them in directly, without amplifier, to my onboard sound chip? I am not looking for a lot of volume from the speakers although I will run the setup with the volume of the sound chip maxed out.

Probably won't damage the sound chip. It may perhaps possibly but not definitely, damage the headphone amplification part, or the pre-amps.

That said, you will be wasting your time soldering the speakers on to a 3.5mm plug just to find out, there will be almost no sound from the speakers plugged in directly. Those speakers, even tho they only rated 25watt RMS, still needs an actual amplifier.

 

[MartyMarts]

Yep

We don't even know what colour his motherboard is

It has on-board sound so maybe we could narrow it down. I'm going with greenish blue.

Probably won't damage the sound chip. It may perhaps possibly but not definitely, damage the headphone amplification part, or the pre-amps.

That said, you will be wasting your time soldering the speakers on to a 3.5mm plug just to find out, there will be almost no sound from the speakers plugged in directly. Those speakers, even tho they only rated 25watt RMS, still needs an actual amplifier.

I'm considering agreeing with this ^

 

[Electric]

I thought I'd posted that previously.
Guess I forgot to post it, lol.

You will need an amp or a small pre-amp/headphone amp.

 

[Rouxenator]

This is the motherboard I will be using

 

[MartyMarts]

Ahh, the Thin Client . . .