onewecallgod- Let me clarify,, When I here PC speaker I think of the little round speaker in a computer case. I may have understood Genome wrong. And yes you are correct my mistake 8 ohms is a bit of a stretch for a sound card.
Getting back to the issue at hand...
anyone know, if i take pc speakers apart will they still work?
- Yes, a speaker is a speaker. Just depends what load it requires.
they are just the standard hp satellite speakers..
- I can't say I know what that is, HP does weird stuff.
also are they how well are pc speakers shielded?
-A PC speaker by its self, not at all.
I now think he is referring to a desktop mounted type of speaker set. If So they are shield very well as some of the old one mounted next to a CRT. If you take it apart, there is no more shielding. If you really want a good sound do as FatTrucker suggested, and make sure you have a 4 ohm load with a car type amp. I do this in my mp3-car setup. I run the card to my amp and jump up to 300 watts as a 2 ohm stable load. As far as the card is concerned its just at normal option. The other option would be a computer speaker set and run it off the sound card, but you have to keep them in the kit as most (not all) have amps. If it has power it is amped, if it does not have power its not amped. Your sound card may have a pre-out and a speaker out. Most sound cards have amplification on them. On my system I have a amped set 3 ways speaker set. And two non-aped speakers for rear. I here my non-amped speakers well enough.