I am doing small seminars/meetings.. If I purchase this do I also need to purchase an amp? Can I plug it into a PC and use the PC speakers?
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You won't need an amp, but the mic will have to be powered using batteries and the receiver will be plugged into a wall
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Yes I have it connected into a PC at work and we use it for meetings. Works fine with the PC speakers.
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You will probably have better control if you will get an AMP to go with it rather than just plugging it straight to the PC. This makes alot of feedbacks specially if the place is small.
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You can connect these speakers to a PC the same manner you would connect an Ipod to these speakers. I currently have this running through my computer, and it's pretty good sound. I simply have a stereo to rca cable running from my PC to my receiver, plugged into any of it's audio ports (I used CD), and you are good to go.
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A DAC is a nice complement to these for audio clarity. It will sound much better than just coming out of your computer with a analog signal. But they don't necessarily need a pra-amp or DAC if you are using a computer. The volume slider on the computer will control there volume level. The only necessity for a pre-amp or DAC is for switching multiple source devices and volume. So if you intend on only using one source and it has a way to control volume then a Pre-amp is not necessary. If this is not clear please feel fee to call us for further explanation. Thank you for your interest. By the way I think these speakers sound incredible!
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I had a meeting presentation last week in which I needed audio. I connected my laptop and used the speakers. Outdoors, you may want to connect to external speakers for maximum volume.
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My google search led me to this because I am looking for a small amp to put on a pair of speakers to make them work like a small set of speakers that you would hook up to a computer. I am just going to use this as I might use yahoo answers. Is there a really small amp that I could put on a small pair of speakers and hook up to a computer? It doesn't even need a volume knob (although one would be nice). Something in the 50-100watt range I think would be about right.
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You do not need an amp with these speakers. Any P.A. speakers that are labeled "Powered" or "Active" have an amp built in. I recently purchased a set of these and I am extremely happy with them. The do great for cocktail music, speeches, or for music in a small setting.
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No. You need an external tool for that like a karaoke machine or a pc to hook into your amp. (which you also need if you don't have, these are just speakers.)I see these kind of questions a lot, and I'm surprised no one really tries to make more casual audio gear. Seems like there's a market for it and it'd be nice to get some new faces into the discussions other than the crazy audiophiles who want to compare 1100 dollar speakers to 90 dollar ones
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There is a line level out which you can run straight into your pc. Just remember it'll be mono. You don't NEED an audio interface. Most PCs have a line level or microphone input you could use. The quality would be better with an audio interface. It is likely not needed to make this work though.
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IT doesn't power speakers if that's what your asking.To use this you would definitely need to get a power amplifier for your speakers.
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The speaker itself requires power and can be plugged into a Dell monitor "speaker power" output. Therefore it can be self contained and NOT require a PC. That is correct. Here is a use case: You have a Dell 2007FP monitor that you hook the speaker on, plus the audio out from the monitor into the speaker, plus the power plus from the speaker into the speaker power port on the monitor. Now you can use an xbox, wii, PS3/4, etc feeding the monitor itself via HDMI which gives both audio and video. The video goes to the monitor and the audio gets passed down to the add-on speaker. No PC required. I do this all the time as another input and the SOLE reason I purchased this speaker.
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Easier than you might think. Most PCs will have audio connections on the Mother Board. These will produce a 'line level' output similar to what is produced by CD or DVD players. Most name brand PCs such as Dell or HP will have the drivers already installed. You connect the PC's audio out to the preamps AUX/DVD/CD or tape monitor inputs. This assumes RCA type connections at the PC and Preamp. You may need to get an inexpensive 3.5 mm to RCA adapter cable. Just put that in the Amazon search. Although the AMP-100 has two line level inputs, this can get tricky. You may not get what you expect. Read the free book! Also when connecting multipal sets of speakers it is important to insure that the nominal resistance does not go below 4 ohm or in some newer amps 8 Ohm. Once again. To prevent serious damage. Read the free book!
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you can use computer speakers. But you need a power source for the speakers and will have to turn them on and off as with a computer.
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You can use the speaker as standalone with a pc, you need a cable mini-plug to plug 1/4. If you want use two speaker, you should conect both speaker in chain with a cable type Canon for microphone.
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It is purely a mixer with Phantom power.... You'll need an amp or self-powered speakers if using it as a live sound mixer.
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You need an amp that has a phono pre-amp (phono puts out less output than digital so it needs to be boosted before it's amplified. And, of course, you'll need speakers.
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you can use a mixer or a preamp. you should not plug this in directly to speakers
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I connected it to the AMP directly. However it doesnt have good sound resolution. I would avoid if you are looking for excellent sound quality.if however you have a Computer 5.1 set like Creative speakers, etc. It is functional...