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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

Playing MP3s on your hi-fi

Like everyone else, I have a big collection of music on my PC and I would like to route this through my amp to my big speakers, rather than through my little computer speakers. Gerry McArdle

Your PC probably has a soundcard with an audio jack to connect to your PC speakers, and your amp almost certainly has red and white phono plugs (RCA connectors). All you need to link the two is a cable with a stereo audio jack on one end (check the size) and phono plugs on the other. These cables are cheap and readily available at high street electrical stores. Plug the phono sockets into an AUX input and remember to turn the volume to zero before you try to play anything. There are, of course, much more sophisticated - and much more expensive - alternatives, such as Slim Devices' Squeezebox 2

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