Audio gurus - help please!

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  • BuddhaHat

    Hi audio gurus,

    My friend just went overseas and lent me a pair of these speakers while he's away:

    I'm currently not in possession of my old mixer or amps, just running audio straight out of my computers into PC speakers. My friend is already gone now too, so I can't borrow any more gear off him either =\

    Question: With TRS and XLR as the only option for output, what cables/equipment do I need to run these things off my laptop? A quick search suggested a DI box of some sort, but I'm hoping one of you guys might have a better answer for me.

    Any advice is greatly appreciated!

  • inteliboy0

    All you need is a cable/splitter to get from TRS -> mini TRS

    • though kind of a waste to use monitors like that.inteliboy
  • juskin0

    yeah to get a good sound out of them you would want a soundcard. otherwise you can go from your computer into a small or inexpensive mixing board and go xlr to xlr. Both would set you back anywhere from 80 on the low end up to 150-200 for a decent sound card and cables. that will produce the best output from the computer over an 1/8th inch jack.

  • BuddhaHat0

    Thanks inteliboy and juskin! I got the cable you suggested this afternoon and it works great, but definitely don't produce the sound quality they had when playing off my mate's Allan & Heath mixer. It's a decent workaround until I get the mixing board.

    I know it's a waste using such good monitors like this, but it's better than them just sitting there doing nothing!

    • TRS is just a mono balanced jack line input... you could have just used a mono jack (mini stereo jack to two mono jacks)kingsteven