On Tue, 2009-09-08 at 16:55 -0500, Josh Lawrence wrote: If it is for a basic pair of computer speakers the 1/8" connection is NOT balanced. It's just a common 1/8th inch TRS connector wire for unbalanced stereo. Typically Tip is Left, Right is Right, and sleeve in ground. Beyond that it shouldn't be too hard to figure out. Rich.... > This is so way-OT, but I trust the knowledge on this list in general, > so I'm hoping someone can help me... > > I've extracted a little mono amp out of a pair of computer speakers > that I would like to use as a general practice/noise amp. It > currently has a balanced 1/8" input. The wires going to the input > are: black, white, and a braid of wires (I'm assuming shield?). I'd > like to cut this 1/8" plug off and add a 1/4" female jack so I can > plug stuff into it. But where do I solder the wires to? (i.e., black > to tip, white to sleeve, that kind of thing) I have access to stereo > and mono 1/4" jacks. > > Thanks, and sorry again for the OT. > > PS - I've read that the proper way to do this is to use an audio > transformer, but that's WAY overkill for this project, I just want > sound to come out, nothing audiophile or anything like that. > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user