going with separate speaker/s for the computer signal is the simplest, without question.
On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Victor Gouveia wrote: > I believe what is needed here is a wireless set of speakers, that you can > connect to the computer, while having the receiver tuned to the other > source. > > If you can find a wireless set of speakers, then you should be fine, and > will be able to listen to the two different sounds at the same time. > > Alternatively, you can also purchase an FM transmitter, have one source > coming from one stereo, while the receiver broadcasts it's own source. > > Obviously, the FM transmitter would be connected to the computer, and your > secondary stereo would be set to what ever FM channel you set on the > transmitter. > > Would that work for you? > > I know that Rad Shack sells both the FM transmitter, and the wireless > speaker systems, but I'm just not sure how much power you are looking at > getting from this entire set up. > > I guess, depending on what kind of stereo you have sourcing the FM > transmissions from the computer, you may be able to get the sound to a > respectable level, while the receiver is broadcasting at the same time, it > just depends on how much you're willing to spend, and how often you plan on > listening to two sources at the same time. > > We have actually discussed this sort of thing on a Blind Movie Buffs list I > help to run. > > The discussion centered around a list member who wanted to watch the > described movies, which were solely audio files in MP3 or OGG format, while > his sighted family was watching the movie with video. > > A great many of the members suggested the member listen to the movie at the > same time as his family was watching it on an MP3 player, that way they > could be listening to the movie with the video, while coinciding with the > sound of the described movie coming through the member's MP3 player. > > Another suggestion was to place a CD with the MP3 file into an MP3 capable > stereo sourcing the same audio of the movie, while muting the sound source > from the video movie, that way all would here the entire thing at once. > > Like I said, there are many ways of doing this, but I think the FM > transmitter, and/or the wireless speaker system coming from the computer are > your best bet. > > Victor > >
