Dual Input for Speakers?

[DragonQ0105]

I want to use my Hi-Fi Speakers on my PC, but I don't want to have to keep switching the plug between my Hi-Fi and my PC when my parents want to listen to music...

Is there a device that will allow me to have 2 inputs to the speakers (like a stereo splitter...but the other way around)? If so, where can I buy it from (I live in the UK)?

Thanks.

 

[YellowOnline]

Try to find a second hand mixing panel, it makes your audio life easier.

Peace,

Yellow

 

[DragonQ0105]

I don't really want to spend a lot, I just want a device to let me choose which input my HiFi Speakers use (so I plug the Speakers into the device, and the device has to plugs coming from it to go into the Line-Out Sockets of the PC and Stereo, with a switch to choose which one I want to use....

 

[micker377]

Are you trying to switch the inputs or the speakers?

 

[DragonQ0105]

Switch the inputs. Splitting speakers is easy, just get a stereo splitter (I have one). I want to be able to plug my speakers into the Line Out ports of my PC and my Hi-Fi, with a switch to choose which line goes to the speaker for output.

 

[micker377]

Radio Shack (and others) stock a switchbox ($15.00 USD) designed to switch (one push-push type) between speaker input to speaker amp, and plug in headphone for computer set-ups. Ignore the microphone input, and you're set. Do a Google search, they're very common. Both inputs are 1/8 stereo mini type, so you probably will need an adapter to hook the 1/4 inch RCA plugs (stereo system) to the 1/8 socket on the switch box.

 

[joemck2004]

I remember a setup I had once where I was using a splitter in reverse. I think it had one of the outputs as the input and a couple gender changers involved. Anyway, you don't need a switch, though you might get strange results if both inputs are playing at once.

You could get two headphone extension cables (the kind with a male plug at one end and a female jack at the other) at RadioShack and splicing them together, making a single female jack with two male plugs on seperate cords.

Of course, if those hi-fi speakers are hooked up to an amp with an "aux" input... (Don't use the phono input, though -- it's for the very low voltage signal generated by a record player.)