There are many advantages to using headphones on your computer. Firstly, a person wearing headphones does not bother anyone with sounds from the speakers. And secondly, a person wearing headphones can get distracted from the environment and focus on their business. It is worth figuring out how to connect headphones to a computer.
Focus on headphones
Most modern headphones with which people listen to music from Mp3 players have a 3.5 mm plug. This plug diameter is the most common in the world. It is these headphones that can be connected to a computer, namely, to its sound card. Before trying to connect them to it, you need to make sure you have a sound card. It is enough to look at the back of the computer where the wires are connected - if there is a block of 4-6 connectors for 3.5 mm headphones, then there is a sound card. And if speakers were previously connected to the computer, then the questions about the presence of a sound card disappear.
Headphone connection methods
First, through the plug. There should be no practical problems, as long as the length of the headphone cord is sufficient. If there are no 3.5 mm connectors on the front panel of the system unit, then it will be difficult to cope with the task, you will have to look for a special extension cable.
Secondly, through the speakers. Many of them have connectors of the appropriate diameter, even on older models. This is the safest and safest way to connect your headphones. Safe because many budget headphones cannot withstand the voltage from a sound card if they were plugged directly into it on the back of the computer. This leads to malfunctions of both the sound card and the headphones. Therefore, before buying headphones, you should ask a consultant if they are suitable for connecting to a sound card.
The third way to connect headphones to a computer is bluetooth. In this case, both headphones and a computer must be equipped with bluetooth adapters. This method of connection has a number of advantages, the main one being the ability to be independent of the length of the headphone cord. But there are pitfalls here. The first is the battery life of the headphones. Do not forget that they will have to be constantly recharged. The second is their high cost. If a person wants to have bluetooth headphones with high sound quality, he will have to prepare to waste money.
Nuances
The first one is the headphone jack on the back of the system unit. There are at least 4 of them, and all of them are under 3.5 mm. Green connector required. It is he who, by default, is designed to connect audio equipment, speakers, headphones.
The second is the quality of the headphones themselves. There is a misconception that their sound quality depends on where to connect them. Good headphones have low impedance and a wide range of covered frequencies. Such headphones, both wired and wireless, will reproduce sound well both on the player and on the computer.
The third is the quality of the computer's sound card. If a person is a music lover who wants to enjoy good music on a computer, then no matter how cool his headphones are, he cannot achieve good sound with the help of a cheap, built-in sound card. In order for the sound quality to be at least acceptable, an external, plug-in sound card is required. Comparing with other computer peripherals, the cost of such a card will be about 1000 rubles.
