Speaker wiring help

[Laputacake]

I have a pair of speakers but they have the 2 wire ends instead of a 3.5mm jack and was wondering if there was an adapter to RCA.

[johnt]

7 minutes ago, Laputacake said:

I have a pair of speakers but they have the 2 wire ends instead of a 3.5mm jack and was wondering if there was an adapter to RCA.

Could you post a picture? You may need an amplifier to power the speakers.

[EunSoo]

7 minutes ago, Laputacake said:

I have a pair of speakers but they have the 2 wire ends instead of a 3.5mm jack and was wondering if there was an adapter to RCA.

You would need an amp to power the speakers. Then you can plug ur phone into the amp

[meenmeen1103]

Best would be to solder some RCA plugs on the wires, or you could chop some RCA cables and solder wire-wire. Technically, you could skip the soldering on the latter and just twist the wires together and have the same kind of connection a clamp would provide. Avoid solderless RCA ends though

[meenmeen1103]

Just now, meenmeen1103 said:

Best would be to solder some RCA plugs on the wires, or you could chop some RCA cables and solder wire-wire. Technically, you could skip the soldering on the latter and just twist the wires together and have the same kind of connection a clamp would provide. Avoid solderless RCA ends though

This is assuming your RCA output is already amplified. Most are signal output. Check on amp

[Enderman]

You plug them into places like this

on an amplifier.

 

You cannot power passive speakers from a 3.5mm or RCA jack.

[Laputacake]

9 minutes ago, Enderman said:

You plug them into places like this

 

on an amplifier.

 

You cannot power passive speakers from a 3.5mm or RCA jack.

Where can i get an amp like that these days. They're coming from an old record player that's dying and what to use it on my new one which only has 3.5mm.

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, Laputacake said:

Where can i get an amp like that these days. They're coming from an old record player that's dying and what to use it on my new one which only has 3.5mm.

Any electronics store...?

Just search for "amp" or "amplifier" or "receiver"

[Laputacake]

5 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Any electronics store...?

Just search for "amp" or "amplifier" or "receiver"

I did but they only had 3.5mm inputs. None with the tabs.

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, Laputacake said:

I did but they only had 3.5mm inputs. None with the tabs.

???

What are you talking about?

The tabs are outputs not inputs...

[Tork]

If I understand you have speakers with RCA (red&white jacks) that you want to plug into a 3.5mm headphone jack.. 

 

if this is the case the check the following link from RadioShack. Adapter Link