MacDaddy Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Hi all What is the best way to hookup my (powered) speakers to my laptop? My old PC had speaker outs, but my laptop has 2 headphone outs. Are these still the way to go? Ta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
project_c Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 You'll need an audio interface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 you could use the headphone outputs, they should work, but yeh, you'd be better with a proper interface Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 Newby question, but can audio interfaces be used to just listen to music, or are they only for recording? I've got a line 6 tone port, but I've not plugged it in yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 (edited) You'll be fine using the headphone out, but you'd get better sound quality from a dedicated audio interface. I've not used the Tone Port but it would probably do the trick and play back PC audio as well as being used to record. I used a small Behringer mixer to hook up my monitors to my interface. My monitors had a volume control on the back of each speaker which was hardly practical, so I needed a volume control in between the PC and speakers, plus it allowed me to plug other sources in and do stuff like turn the bass all the way down on a music source when jamming along on bass. I've sold my monitors now but the mixer is still available! http://basschat.co.uk/topic/277361-behringer-ub802-mixer/page__fromsearch__1 Edited February 24, 2016 by dannybuoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockfordStone Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 [quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1456344171' post='2988135'] Newby question, but can audio interfaces be used to just listen to music, or are they only for recording? I've got a line 6 tone port, but I've not plugged it in yet. [/quote] Simply put, yes. My current PC build doesnt have a seperate soundcard so I have a tascam audio interface which when i'm not recording with it is just effectively an external sound card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I've got tone port ux1 It will do everything that you require . I often listen to iTunes , or a radio station on there. I've just purchased an old Roland sampler, which can be plugged into the ' monitor ' section. The podfarm stuff is quite good too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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