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Title: Laptop and sound system advice please.
Post by: Auto Addict on 14 January 2018, 10:39:45
Mrs AA has a friend who is a dance teacher.

She wants to go digital, and get rid of playing CD's.

Software not a problem, I've sorted that out for her.

Thing I'm not gelled up on is, what does she need to interface her laptop (no Bluetooth) to her powered speakers and a mike.

If a hall she's hired, has a built in sound system, how does she plug her laptop into it?

Budget is tight.
Title: Re: Laptop and sound system advice please.
Post by: Kevin Wood on 14 January 2018, 10:48:04
She probably just needs the correct cable to connect the headphone output from her laptop to the sound system.

Typically, a 3.5mm stereo jack to phono plugs. Something like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/3-5mm-Stereo-Jack-Phono-Cable/dp/B002JV4LZS/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1515926699&sr=8-6&keywords=3.5mm+to+phono (https://www.amazon.co.uk/3-5mm-Stereo-Jack-Phono-Cable/dp/B002JV4LZS/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1515926699&sr=8-6&keywords=3.5mm+to+phono)

You might find you get a bit of noise as laptop power supplies can be poor. That'll probably be cured by one of these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Golvery-Ground-Loop-Noise-Isolator-Black/dp/B076WM732C/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1515926781&sr=1-4&keywords=hum+loop+eliminator (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Golvery-Ground-Loop-Noise-Isolator-Black/dp/B076WM732C/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1515926781&sr=1-4&keywords=hum+loop+eliminator)
Title: Re: Laptop and sound system advice please.
Post by: Auto Addict on 14 January 2018, 10:55:33
Quote from: Kevin Wood on 14 January 2018, 10:48:04
She probably just needs the correct cable to connect the headphone output from her laptop to the sound system.

Typically, a 3.5mm stereo jack to phono plugs. Something like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/3-5mm-Stereo-Jack-Phono-Cable/dp/B002JV4LZS/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1515926699&sr=8-6&keywords=3.5mm+to+phono (https://www.amazon.co.uk/3-5mm-Stereo-Jack-Phono-Cable/dp/B002JV4LZS/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1515926699&sr=8-6&keywords=3.5mm+to+phono)

You might find you get a bit of noise as laptop power supplies can be poor. That'll probably be cured by one of these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Golvery-Ground-Loop-Noise-Isolator-Black/dp/B076WM732C/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1515926781&sr=1-4&keywords=hum+loop+eliminator (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Golvery-Ground-Loop-Noise-Isolator-Black/dp/B076WM732C/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1515926781&sr=1-4&keywords=hum+loop+eliminator)

As simple as that?  :y
Title: Re: Laptop and sound system advice please.
Post by: Auto Addict on 14 January 2018, 11:08:05
What about one of these?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/CSL-8-channel-simultaneous-recording-equipment/dp/B01HM5KP5A/ref=sr_1_3?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1515928004&sr=1-3&keywords=usb+sound+card+external