Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:04:29 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB Powered Speakers Message-ID: <4bbfdcad.W6JoDlxI393oub38%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <4BBF93E8.4080908@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> References: <4BBE8DB1.8040905@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> <i2t75107331004081934n2745bc80s827568d06743a9a@mail.gmail.com> <4BBE9470.1040607@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> <u2r283c23cd1004082121ye23254a4v3286d9636ee88526@mail.gmail.com> <l2q283c23cd1004082123v2d9ca5f1h8561ff3ad41cd5fb@mail.gmail.com> <4BBEB5BC.3000509@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> <4bbedc81.G0j71lonOCUqR/vZ%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1004090518480.42950@wonkity.com> <4BBF2674.6080402@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> <s2k283c23cd1004090815ga305418ahde3ba53621e4c29@mail.gmail.com> <4BBF727D.6000407@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1004091403520.48629@wonkity.com> <4BBF93E8.4080908@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us>
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Programmer In Training <pit@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> wrote: > I'm thinking I'm just going to wait until Tuesday and get a brand > new pair of wall-powered speakers. This hassle is NOT worth it ... If "speakers on USB 2.0 card, all else on 1.x builtins" doesn't work, you might want to try a power adapter that has a USB host connector. (I've seen such at Fry's, intended for devices like iPods that were designed to recharge their internal batteries from a USB port.) This would effectively convert your current set to wall-powered, which might be less costly than a new set. WRT the suggestion to hack something together, I wouldn't suggest attempting it unless you're quite sure of what would be involved. It wouldn't be exactly difficult, but getting something backwards -- or connecting to the +12 instead of the +5 supply -- would at least let all the magic blue smoke out of the speakers :)
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