Hi-fi speakers.....and i don't have a clue how to use them?!?

Question

I just got this second hand hi-fi dirt cheap but i really don't know how to use it as i don't have any experience in this sort of thing. I have like the big unit thing that i connect the wires to. The wires for the speakers are split in two if you know what i mean, like a positive and negative i think, and their not like a plug but actual open wires. Thing is i don't want to use the big unit thing, i actually wanna plug it into my computer or other stereo. Obviously these don't work the same way as they use actual plugs and in most cases, only one plug per speaker, where as i'm guessing for a positive and negative i would need two plugs......anybody know how to solve this like cutting a wire here or plugging something there.....or do you just have absoulutly no idea what i'm talking about?!

Thanks anyway!!

Answer 1

Radio Shack sells the plugs. Ideally, you should solder the wires, but twisting the wires onto the leads tightly and wrapping them with tape so that they don't touch each other will work.
All you need to do is remove the cap, feed the wire through the hole in the cap, attach the wires, tape them and put the cap back on.
If you look closely at the speaker wire, you'll notice that one side of the insulation has a white stripe or a ridge, which designates the positive wire. Make sure you wire both of them the same way.
Computer speakers usually use a single stereo jack (1/8 inch), which requires you to hook up both speakers to the one jack. Connect one positive wire to the shortest connector, the other wire to the second shortest connector, and both negatives to the longest connector.