I have a set of computer speakers that originally had a subwoofer. The subwoofer no longer exists. Anyways, the end of cord that connects from the speakers to the computer got cut off (and lost). What I'm trying to do is splice it together with the end of the cord from an old pair of headphones. Problems have arisen.
Inside the rubber casing of normal speakers or headphones, there are two wires per side. What I mean is, a positive and negative for each speaker/headphone. Basically four wires in all. That's what the end from the old headphones is like. Standard fare.
And then there's the speakers' cord. It only has three wires. One yellow, one black, one white. I've ascertained the white is the left speaker, the black is for the right speaker, and the yellow is for the subwoofer. There are no negatives or "ground"s or whatever it is, for each wire like the headphone wires. Just these three wires.
If I connect the positive (or main wire) from the headphone jack cord to each of their respective colors, I get no sound. But if I touch their individual negative/ground/whatever wires to the Subwoofer wire, I get sound. But the problem is, it's mono. I assume that's because the Subwoofer always gets a mono signal from the mainboard of the speakers.
So what do I do? Is there something I can do with just the wires and not have to solder something? I'd prefer that. But if not, what do I need to do?
A speaker dilemma
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