have an older Altec Lansing (sp) 2.1, 100w 4ohm speaker setup for my PC.
Powered sub.
Now the darn thing keeps cutting out (no sound, no buzz). I think there's
something wrong with the electronics that control the volume and on/off
controls. It's all stored in the sub, I opened it, no bad capacitors.
Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. I figure one of the chips when
it gets hot is causing this. Anyhow, I've given up on them for the PC, and
I've replaced them with 5.1 setup.

Now here's the scenario. I'd like to recycle these speakers for use with
an old Hitachi receiver (it'll go in the garage, radio/cassette/aux (CD/MP3
player??)). It has left/right channels. I have an old radio shack speaker
for it, that works, it's marked 8ohm (I'll probably turf that one). The
amp says on the back that I can hook up 8 - 16 ohm speakers.
There's also a separate L/R section (bizarre female plugs) for 11v/0.9a
speakers, not sure what these are.

Anyhow, can I convert the 4ohm Altec speakers to 8ohm so that they work on
this Hitachi amp?
Googling the web brought up a few links saying to put in a 50w/8ohm resister
on the + terminal on each speaker.
Will that do it?

Also, can the subwoofer be reused at all (minus it's pre-amp)? How would
one wire it up?

I suspect you will get better sound and safer operation if your go out
and buy the very cheapest 8ohm speakers you can find.

Kal

On Mon, 24 May 2004 17:48:57 -0300, "+G"
wrote:

have an older Altec Lansing (sp) 2.1, 100w 4ohm speaker setup for my PC.
Powered sub.
Now the darn thing keeps cutting out (no sound, no buzz). I think there's
something wrong with the electronics that control the volume and on/off
controls. It's all stored in the sub, I opened it, no bad capacitors.
Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. I figure one of the chips when
it gets hot is causing this. Anyhow, I've given up on them for the PC, and
I've replaced them with 5.1 setup.

Now here's the scenario. I'd like to recycle these speakers for use with
an old Hitachi receiver (it'll go in the garage, radio/cassette/aux (CD/MP3
player??)). It has left/right channels. I have an old radio shack speaker
for it, that works, it's marked 8ohm (I'll probably turf that one). The
amp says on the back that I can hook up 8 - 16 ohm speakers.
There's also a separate L/R section (bizarre female plugs) for 11v/0.9a
speakers, not sure what these are.

Anyhow, can I convert the 4ohm Altec speakers to 8ohm so that they work on
this Hitachi amp?
Googling the web brought up a few links saying to put in a 50w/8ohm resister
on the + terminal on each speaker.
Will that do it?

Also, can the subwoofer be reused at all (minus it's pre-amp)? How would
one wire it up?

I suspect you will get better sound and safer operation if your go out
and buy the very cheapest 8ohm speakers you can find.

Kal

On Mon, 24 May 2004 17:48:57 -0300, "+G"
wrote:

have an older Altec Lansing (sp) 2.1, 100w 4ohm speaker setup for my PC.
Powered sub.
Now the darn thing keeps cutting out (no sound, no buzz). I think there's
something wrong with the electronics that control the volume and on/off
controls. It's all stored in the sub, I opened it, no bad capacitors.
Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. I figure one of the chips when
it gets hot is causing this. Anyhow, I've given up on them for the PC, and
I've replaced them with 5.1 setup.

Now here's the scenario. I'd like to recycle these speakers for use with
an old Hitachi receiver (it'll go in the garage, radio/cassette/aux (CD/MP3
player??)). It has left/right channels. I have an old radio shack speaker
for it, that works, it's marked 8ohm (I'll probably turf that one). The
amp says on the back that I can hook up 8 - 16 ohm speakers.
There's also a separate L/R section (bizarre female plugs) for 11v/0.9a
speakers, not sure what these are.

Anyhow, can I convert the 4ohm Altec speakers to 8ohm so that they work on
this Hitachi amp?
Googling the web brought up a few links saying to put in a 50w/8ohm resister
on the + terminal on each speaker.
Will that do it?

Also, can the subwoofer be reused at all (minus it's pre-amp)? How would
one wire it up?

I suspect you will get better sound and safer operation if your go out
and buy the very cheapest 8ohm speakers you can find.

Kal

On Mon, 24 May 2004 17:48:57 -0300, "+G"
wrote:

have an older Altec Lansing (sp) 2.1, 100w 4ohm speaker setup for my PC.
Powered sub.
Now the darn thing keeps cutting out (no sound, no buzz). I think there's
something wrong with the electronics that control the volume and on/off
controls. It's all stored in the sub, I opened it, no bad capacitors.
Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. I figure one of the chips when
it gets hot is causing this. Anyhow, I've given up on them for the PC, and
I've replaced them with 5.1 setup.

Now here's the scenario. I'd like to recycle these speakers for use with
an old Hitachi receiver (it'll go in the garage, radio/cassette/aux (CD/MP3
player??)). It has left/right channels. I have an old radio shack speaker
for it, that works, it's marked 8ohm (I'll probably turf that one). The
amp says on the back that I can hook up 8 - 16 ohm speakers.
There's also a separate L/R section (bizarre female plugs) for 11v/0.9a
speakers, not sure what these are.

Anyhow, can I convert the 4ohm Altec speakers to 8ohm so that they work on
this Hitachi amp?
Googling the web brought up a few links saying to put in a 50w/8ohm resister
on the + terminal on each speaker.
Will that do it?

Also, can the subwoofer be reused at all (minus it's pre-amp)? How would
one wire it up?

I suspect you will get better sound and safer operation if your go out
and buy the very cheapest 8ohm speakers you can find.

Kal

On Mon, 24 May 2004 17:48:57 -0300, "+G"
wrote:

have an older Altec Lansing (sp) 2.1, 100w 4ohm speaker setup for my PC.
Powered sub.
Now the darn thing keeps cutting out (no sound, no buzz). I think there's
something wrong with the electronics that control the volume and on/off
controls. It's all stored in the sub, I opened it, no bad capacitors.
Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. I figure one of the chips when
it gets hot is causing this. Anyhow, I've given up on them for the PC, and
I've replaced them with 5.1 setup.

Now here's the scenario. I'd like to recycle these speakers for use with
an old Hitachi receiver (it'll go in the garage, radio/cassette/aux (CD/MP3
player??)). It has left/right channels. I have an old radio shack speaker
for it, that works, it's marked 8ohm (I'll probably turf that one). The
amp says on the back that I can hook up 8 - 16 ohm speakers.
There's also a separate L/R section (bizarre female plugs) for 11v/0.9a
speakers, not sure what these are.

Anyhow, can I convert the 4ohm Altec speakers to 8ohm so that they work on
this Hitachi amp?
Googling the web brought up a few links saying to put in a 50w/8ohm resister
on the + terminal on each speaker.
Will that do it?

Also, can the subwoofer be reused at all (minus it's pre-amp)? How would
one wire it up?