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| 491079 | 2006-10-13 08:28:00 | Sadly my car has shat itself and there doesn't seem to be a quick fix coming along anytime soon. I've got a really good speaker/amp/sub rah rah rah package that are now sitting in the room next door and what i was wondering is .. Is there anyway to hook them into my computer? I don't really care for the speakers as I have got some nice speakers at the moment but they have no bass at all (well, not enough for me anyway :rolleyes: ). I only have a laptop but 98% of its use is for play music, esp. before heading out and i really need to get some bass into my bones to get in the right mod, come on, some of ya MUST know what i mean lol.... So yea, the laptop only really has a line out (left and right 3.5mm headphone jack), is it possible? I'm pretty sure i could wire the sub itself into the setup but Im sure that would be a complete waste of time, the power output from the laptop would be patheticly small. |
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| 491080 | 2006-10-13 08:30:00 | Sadly my car has shat itself and there doesn't seem to be a quick fix coming along anytime soon . I've got a really good speaker/amp/sub rah rah rah package that are now sitting in the room next door and what i was wondering is . . Is there anyway to hook them into my computer? I don't really care for the speakers as I have got some nice speakers at the moment but they have no bass at all (well, not enough for me anyway :rolleyes: ) . I only have a laptop but 98% of its use is for play music, esp . before heading out and i really need to get some bass into my bones to get in the right mod, come on, some of ya MUST know what i mean lol . . . . So yea, the laptop only really has a line out (left and right 3 . 5mm headphone jack), is it possible? I'm pretty sure i could wire the sub itself into the setup but Im sure that would be a complete waste of time, the power output from the laptop would be patheticly small . Can the car amp be used at all and how can I wire this all in (if possible ) . Hope some out there has the smarts to help me . Cheers guys n hears a great little joke i heard: An Emo, jew, mexican & Iraqi jump off a building . Who wins? Society :D |
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| 491081 | 2006-10-13 09:42:00 | Yes, it is easy to connect them together... the hard part is powering them, depending on the sub, it can take up to 1000W for average subs, comp are even more. You really just need to find a 12VDC power source that can supply the sort of current you will need (I am not sure of your specs etc). But if you are asking if you can power the sub off the laptop good luck, try not to blow the laptop :p ever wonder why the cables going to the sub are so think? this is because of the power they carry to the sub is so large they need to be that big so they don't blow. You will NEED the amp if you want to use the sub, it is exactly the same as a head unit, that has no hope in hell of powering the sub so the audio signal is fed into the amp and... well amplified. the line out of the laptop will connect to the RCA in of the amp and the output of the amp will go to the sub, the one problem is how are you going to power the lot? you need a 12VDC source that can supply a large amount of power, I am not sure on this figure because you did not go into enough detail on the specs of the stuff etc. I guess if you have a spare PC PSU that can supply the current there should be no problems with that |
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