OK first post here goes. If this is the wrong section feel free to move lol. OK I have two old GE speakers with what looks to be RCA looking black connectors that date from about 1992. These are passive I think? Correct me if I am wrong though. No power cords. The original tape deck/radio/amp had two black rca females for output and one white rca and one red for the input from an old CD player and just plain died due to old age and many uses lol... These speakers will NOT work without that device or something similar. If one uses some kind of Y adapter, they will have vewwwy wow vowume. I would like to replace that GE amp/tape/radio unit with something inexpensive and small that will just amplify and raise the volume and make 'em work... Don't need the radio/stereo/tapes. There is ONE set of all these speakers and amp/tape/radio on ebay but I would rather not go that route. I would like to use this with the usual 1/8 plug so speakers do not go to waste. I am a good electronic guy but I am lost here. I have the Y adapter. What can I do? I have looked at GOOGLE already and ebay etc... Don't know what I am looking for. Thanks for the help. Can pics be uploaded? For now here is what the ends of those speaker wires look like.
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