I have purchased 2 woofer and 2 midranges, i need these inside my house, what do i need to power them?

Question

Woofer (x2): http://www.electronix.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/362_364/products_id/13513
midrange (x2): http://www.electronix.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/362_363/products_id/13497

Basically what i want to do is put them all togeather and plug them into my computer via a 3.5 mm jacks so what i need to do is go from 4 speakers to my computer, how would i go about doing this???

HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!

Answer 1

Wait!!

You will first need a crossover to get lows to the woofers and highs the to tweeters. Otherwise those tweeters will be blown in no time. That's taking into consideration you get an amp with more than 5watts per channel, and you will need one to power those woofers.
Here's a really cool and versatile one. I love the mini size
http://cgi.ebay.com/Realistic-SA-150-Integrated-Stereo-Amplifier-Amp-Mini_W0QQitemZ200143633191QQihZ010QQcategoryZ3280QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Crossovers can be as simple as a pair of capacitors.
Here's a pair for six dollars on eBay with a good description of what they are used for.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Bass-Blockers-Crossovers-for-4x10-5-or-5-25-Speakers_W0QQitemZ290150455411QQihZ019QQcategoryZ14941QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Also, if you try to power them through your computer you may damage the internal amp. From my experience I'd say most computer amps put out less than 2 watts per channel. Will sound very disappointing.

I wouldn't try it without an amp.

Those look like decent pairs of speakers for a DIY cabinet. You could even just bolt them to a board with round cutouts. They won't handle much power at all that way, but will sound very nice if they are close to you.

I used to hold two 6x9 car co-axials a few inches away from my ears, kinda like headphones, and the open air sound was wonderful.

Be sure and get the polarity correct. If you don't know what that is go here.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_does_a_speaker_polarity_work

but once a crossover is installed they should sound pretty good.

Answer 2

Your computer's headphone plug has not enough power to drive all these speakers!!

You need a small power amplifier that will take the computer audio signal, amplify it, and drive all the speakers.