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Is it safe to run an Aux cord from your computer to home stereo?

I have an Aux. cord running form the headphone jack in my computer running into my home stereo receiver. The sound is great but I'm wondering if there's a chance it will blow the sound card on the mobo...? Awesome, thanks you both. I'm only worried about the computer haha If the receiver goes, I'm due for a new one anyways.

Public Comments

1. Yes thats fine, I use a 3.5mm stereo jack plug to 2 x phono plugs lead from the computer to my amplifier works real good. I listen to a lot of internet radio stations and enjoy the music at full sound quality.
2. No, it will be fine. Headphone output level is similar to line input level. There is an impedance mismatch (and actually the receiver input has the greater chance of being damaged since a headphone output has the lower impedance of the two devices and possibly too high a level), but I've done this on many different systems over the years and never blown a receiver or sound card. If it sounds distorted, lower the computer's volume control. Otherwise, it will work fine.