Sound card to home stereo speak

Right now I have my home stereo speakers hooked up by using the line out on my sound card going into the stereo receiver. I would like to eliminate the receiver and have my pc connected right to my stereo speakers. How can I do this? I dont think that the sound card has enough power to dri've the speakers. Is there a Creative product out there that will do what I am trying to do? If so what is it, I would like to buy it.

You must have a power?amplifier between equipment providing a line-level output, such as a soundcard, and the speakers. Speakers draw high currents and line-level output just won't work. Creative don't make separate amplifiers, they are incorporated into their speaker systems. If you want to save space then you could get one of the 2. speaker systems, but if you want quality, then hi-fi speakers and a nice power amp will be the best option.

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