Speakers and headphone input

Hi, I am waiting for a new soundcard to arrive and in the mean time I have connected my speakers (logitech x 230) via the headphone input, they sound good, but is it a bad idea to connect them this way ..i.e will it damage of speakers or pc?

 

the headphone input? I am assuming you mean the headphone output. Just wanting to be clear.

No, it should not damage your speakers. I have had speakers hooked up to a headphone jack before. If you think about it, the only thing that comes out of the headphone jack is data and some power for small speakers. The power coming out of the jack isn't enough to fry headphones, so it should be good for any speaker. Plus, the speaker is not going to draw more power from the jack than it can deliver (but they may not work well if they require external power and they are not plugged in).

Does that answer your question.

 

Thanks for your reply:

The speakers I am using do use external power and are plugged in, will this make a difference to safety?.

 

Having your speakers plugged into external power is a good thing. No danger involved.

 

aye, cheers