Laptop amp

[ShiftZZ]

Is it possible to link your laptop to a small amp so that I can improve the sound output?

USB connection?


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[Don Quixote]

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[David and Sally]

Mine does that by bluetooth as well. Need to check what facilities you have on your laptop. USB will almost certainly work with external speakers

 

[Theonlysue]

Does it depend on the quality of the sound card?

 

[The Wino]

Just use the headphone socket and active speakers

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[ShiftZZ]

I was hoping to drive my old hifi speakers..

 

[Langtoftlad]

Not exactly what you asked for - but you can get a headphone amp to boost the volume of the sound... Fiio are a good brand... plugs into the headphone socket
I've got a Fiio A1
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These things can boost the volume but you can't really 'improve' the quality - you can change it via equalisation.

 

[Don Quixote]

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[Don Quixote]

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[Langtoftlad]

I was hoping to drive my old hifi speakers..

You could use any amp you have lying about and just get a headphone jack to phono lead cable

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[Don Quixote]

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[Langtoftlad]

Or better still:
Amazon product ASIN B07GW1SHSN

The reviews for audio quality are not great - I think Dave would be better going for proper amplification rather than surround sound gimmickry

Ah ok you want bluetooth for that

No he doesn't - cable is fine

Of course if he wants to spend the £££ he could get a Sonos amp

 

[Langtoftlad]

This is what you want:
Amazon product ASIN B00O8GASEA

If he still has his amp

 

[The Wino]

I was hoping to drive my old hifi speakers..

Have you got them wired to your hifi amp?. If so you can still wire from the headphone socket to that it's the way we listen to our echo dot all the time and Liz does that for backing tracks off the laptop.

 

[Don Quixote]

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[Richard n Ann]

We had bad sound on a film once so I plugged this in to the headphone socket..
Amazon product ASIN B01HTH3C8S
You can plug the headphone out into any audio amplifier I'd have thought

 

[jezport]

You could use bluetooth for standard stereo output but if you require multi channel output for surround formats you cam buy a USB sound card like this for example http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-5...0001&campid=5338547443&icep_item=274468255000

 

[meanders]

If you want it through the hi-fi you really need to output USB and get a USB convertor. I have an expensive that takes digital, but also a couple of these Beringer interfaces for flexibility. They are very good and will also allow you to take the analogue signal out of the amp into the laptop.

They do another version in silver that will take the output from a record deck straight into the laptop. Other suppliers are available.

 

[Minxy]

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Really ... I never noticed!

 

[Vipar]

Is he in the removal business?

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[chaser]

Is he in the removal business?

Intriguing though what he had posted intit?

 

[Gellyneck]

Is he in the removal business?

His forum name is in the process of bring changed to Pickfords!

 

[Off da Grid]

The sound isn’t great on my laptop either I use a Bluetooth speaker as the audio will be transmitted digitally bypassing the onboard speakers the speaker plays the audio in far better quality.
You could try one of those Bluetooth audio things that you can plug a headphone 3.5mm jack to rca plugs or whatever the spare channel is on your stereo. That would do the same thing as a Bluetooth speaker

 

[kevenh]

If you're wanting to optimise quality of your audio playback maybe there'll be an option of adding a digital to analogue output for your application.

What external IO options has your laptop got?
Have you got a dual function 3.5mm jack on your laptop?

Laptops
The great thing about optical digital outputs is that they can be integrated into laptops. They’re often disguised as 3.5mm audio jacks, and are actually dual-use. You can plug a 3.5mm electrical audio cable in to get an analogue audio output, or you can <Broken link removed> a TOSLINK-to-3.5mm adapter and plug it in

Or add an external sound card. Some discussed here