Audio neds! Help required!

[Blast]

Hey folks, I run all of my music through a my laptop at home, which is connected to a 2.1 logitec setup via a mini jack connection (standard ipod headphone size for example)

I am looking into really getting something meatier, however I only have room for a 2.1 Setup. The speaker I am looking into require left/right input etc, so it's not something that I could wire right into my laptop audio output. I was wondering what is on the market that would allow me to go;


Laptop > ???? > left/right/sub


Your input (no pun intended) would be very much appreciated!

[Enigma]

Link the speaker. You could buy a 3 way reduction.

[Shuriken]

Wouldn't this work? I use one with cabled jacks on the end to be even lazier lol

[Allan Ocelot]

Buy a decent pair of Studio Monitors, once you have some they last a couple of years. An entry level pair will be about £150 but far superior to any 2.1 with sub equiv for the price.
Love from,
A music lover.

[Blast]

Thank you guys, I was thinking about getting a set of KRK Rokits, would they be easy to connect up?

[Shuriken]

Since your only output is the laptop headphone jack that's going to be your quality limiter. Rokits are nice but they won't increase the sound quality unless you were using tin cans with strings before lol. As for connecting them, they've got rca and trs connections. The rca connection is unbalanced so it could pick up noise so you're left with trs or xlr connections. In terms of hooking them up, you're in the same boat as before, each requiring an input, so you'd still need a stereo splitter from your laptop output

[Blast]

If the laptops headphone jack is going to be a quality limiter, would it be worth instead of running it via my laptop, getting some KRK Rokits through an amplification system and playing the high quality audio though 320kbps on my iphone through something like a dacmagic? I'm not after louder, i'm after the best possible quality audio, if the laptop headphone jack is going to limit the sound quality then i will find another means, the better quality speakers though are something i desperately want.

[Kaelan002]

I take it the laptop doesn't have digital out?
Some models have toslink (digital optical) built in through the standard headphone jack. It's mainly macbooks, but may be worth checking.

[heuji]

it would be worth investing in something like THIS if you really want decent sound.
that's only an example too. theres plenty external USB soundcards on the market to suit varying price ranges. the card in your laptop will be pretty bad. i wouldnt even say thats a brilliant card, when speaking from a true audiophile point of view, but it will be a hell of an improvement. you could even hook it directly up to your hi-fi etc.

[Shuriken]

^ Sound advice. (PUNS LOLOLOLOL)