Will this work with just a computer? I currently use the headphone jack for my headphones, how would I use this to improve the sound quality? Thanks!
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There are several issues here. If this DAC is better than the one your computer uses to output analog audio (out front panel or rear panel), which is likely, your computer has a digital optical and/or coaxial audio output, which is also likely, you have really good headphones or better a good audio system (preamp/amp/speakers), and you are generating the digital audio signal from something better than a MP3 file (from CD or HD audio source), then yes it should sound better! Also, I note the DAC which I no longer own only supports PCM, so that means CD quality at best. Finally, I note the DAC does not have a signal gain adjustment which may be very import if you are just pugging in headphones as the signal may be too weak (I can't test that since I since as I said I no longer have the DAC).
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Don't understand why you mention the headphone jack...don't these speakers work without headphones? I'm looking for a way to boost the sound of my macbook pro so I can work with music from my macbook pro in a studio and hear it.
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I haven't tried it with the computer, but other answers seem to say that you can hear it through your computer speakers. If your stereo speakers are better then the ones with your computer you can probably also connect to your stereo and turn off the computer's speakers.
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Your laptop and iPhone have their own internal DAC. They convert to analog before outputting through the headphone output.A standalone DAC will probably sound better than those but is not necessary.
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I use it through an audio interface. I think it should work if you connect it to a PC, but I haven't tried. Maybe you'll have low volume but I'm not really sure. I hope you can use it without problems
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If you want ot use as a computer speaker, as Brian said, Get a 1/8" male to male audio cable and hook one end to the laptop/PC's headphone or audio jack to the AUX of the speaker. Problem solved. Using USB may work, but I'd think of other options first, as the USB port on this device sends voltage out, as well as the USB port on your computer would, thats like pluging an outlet into an outlet....could have disastrous results..... Come "next door" if you have any other questions.
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The sound is generated by the on-board computer. All you're doing is giving the signal a different alternative to get to your headphones or Stereo. The audio signal remains the same. BTW... instead of plugging this device directly into your unit, I suggest adding a USB extension cord. If you continually plug and unplug this device, you'll eventually tear the plug from the PC board inside.I actually taped my extension on permantly and it will give you longer headphone range with the extra chord length.
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If you mean just for the audio, then it depends on whether your monitor has a 3.5mm connector for audio in. Your monitor may have a jack like this for headphones, but what I think you want to do is send audio from your computer to your monitor, in which case you'll need to make sure the 3.5mm jack on the monitor is labeled for audio IN. On the computer, it would connect to the 3.5mm headphone jack, assuming you have one.
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It is not set up to do that. The audio input is through the speaker output of the computer, but there is no audio output on the speaker itself. There is a USB port in the speaker, so there may be some way to connect through that, but I wouldn't know how to do that.
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I only use it with my computer. you have to pull up the menu to adjust the sound I believe.
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You might be able to get this working, by attaching the 3.5mm to the microphone jack on your computer. However, most computer are not configured to treat the microphone jack as "pass-through", because the feedback when using an actual microphone would be bad.So, you will need to make sure that you have some software/hardware on your computer that allows you to play sound directly from your microphone jack to your speakers.
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Depends on what you mean "pair" this amplifier has normal RCA audio inputs (red and white wire) which is standard for almost all amplifiers.So in order to connect this amplifier to your computer (which I have done) you need to get a 3.5mm to RCA audio cable (headphone jack to red and white)Having this cable will allow you to use it with anything with a headphone jack.
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If your computer has a combo jack, you need a headphone/microphone splitter to use it. It didn't work with the first splitter I tried, but I think the splitter must have been defective since J.D. Garner answered that he has successfully used it with a PC. I just ordered a different splitter.
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Yes, I have it plugged into the headphone jack on the computer, they really do work great.
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Yes I use mine on my computer all the time. I know many people that use it for their laptops. It is mono stereo which means it is mixed audio in both ears.
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You should be able to use the speaker with any computer by plugging it into the headphone jack. You would have to determine if your computer has wireless capabilities to use it that way.
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Well, I have headphones that fit the speaker, they where studio headphones and I turn it on PC and it works fine with headphones. I wouldn't recommend using headphones because, it really is useless since without headphones the speakers are a monster.