I got this SBS38 speakers back in 94 as a "multi media kit" for my 486. The 3x SCSI CDROM and the 16 bit sound blaster ISA card have both been dead and obsoleted. This speaker march on with my Sound Blaster Live (because it has enough output power for the speaker without an external power source) until around Windows 7. I found this kX audio driver project that keeps the Sound Blaster Live going until this week when the card died.
So now I am plugging in the speakers to my motherboard (MSI-880G E45 with AMD Phenom II X4) and it is of course not powerful enough for it. My option is to either buy a powered speaker (new or used), or another sound card to keep powering it (risky if the card is suddenly not supported one day). My guess is a reasonable priced power speaker (no need for woofer) would be sufficient.
Any recommendation? Priority is durability (another 20 years would be nice), low noise (don't want hissing when not in use), and size (no larger than a 64oz orange juice carton each), and price (around $20 or less, used is fine). I will tolerate some power use but nothing that will be power hungry enough that is warm to touch when not in use.
Am I being reasonable? Oh, beige would be better match for my Enlight 7237 case (bought in 97) and Samsung SyncMaster 900NF (CRT), I can live with black or silver but please, no blue LED or anything crazy.
So now I am plugging in the speakers to my motherboard (MSI-880G E45 with AMD Phenom II X4) and it is of course not powerful enough for it. My option is to either buy a powered speaker (new or used), or another sound card to keep powering it (risky if the card is suddenly not supported one day). My guess is a reasonable priced power speaker (no need for woofer) would be sufficient.
Any recommendation? Priority is durability (another 20 years would be nice), low noise (don't want hissing when not in use), and size (no larger than a 64oz orange juice carton each), and price (around $20 or less, used is fine). I will tolerate some power use but nothing that will be power hungry enough that is warm to touch when not in use.
Am I being reasonable? Oh, beige would be better match for my Enlight 7237 case (bought in 97) and Samsung SyncMaster 900NF (CRT), I can live with black or silver but please, no blue LED or anything crazy.
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