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Connecting studio monitors to a laptop


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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

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[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.
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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.

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