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| Haunted |
for college next year instead of draggin my whole PC to college i want to just buy a good laptop and need some suggestions..
i need to be able to hook up my logitech speaker system, so i need two Line Out outputs, and I need Line In to be able to record my mixes.
i also want to plug in my LCD monitor to it so how would i be able to do that? |
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| Prodigy Child |
Good luck man finding a laptop with 2 line outs, I've never seen one before, but hopefully there is one, I'm getting a laptop soon, either a Dell Inspiron 5150 or 8500, they seem pretty good, I would recommend them for there spec and price, but theres no 2 lineouts though.
Does it have to be 2 completely seperate lineouts?, because maybe you could get one of those male jack to 2 female jacks plugs. |
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| Inertia |
yeah, get one of those jack, some call
them audio doohicky's, make sure you
get a stereo 2 stereo one, because some
are jusrt stereo into 2 mono outputs,
either way, theyre dirt cheap... |
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| jdat |
get a docking station
one output on the laptop itself
another on the station
but I think you want actual separate sound outputs?
if such is the case good luck .... won't be find that anytime soon |
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| Haunted |
what? i dont get it,, why dont multimedia laptops have sound cards such as audigy or something on it, that has support for a 4 speaker setup??
and how about the whole Line Out jack. do laptops have that
and whats this docking station thing :P |
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| Prodigy Child |
| quote: | Originally posted by Haunted
what? i dont get it,, why dont multimedia laptops have sound cards such as audigy or something on it, that has support for a 4 speaker setup??
and how about the whole Line Out jack. do laptops have that
and whats this docking station thing :P |
Yea every laptop has one of those, but there more of a Speaker Out, so you can change the volume, whereas the Line Outs on my soundcard are a fixed volume.
I dunno why there ain't laptops with kickass soundcards in, I guess manufactures don't see a point, or there isn't room or something. |
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| TCC-2k7 |
Do what I did bro: Get yourself one of the new uber-nice Apple PowerBook G4 15"s, and then spend $60 on the M-Audio Sonica external soundcard (has AC3, DTS, etc). This way you get the sexiest, most stable laptop ever, and amazing sound through the soundcard. Honestly, I can sing nothing but praises for my current set-up. The laptop has a 15.2" widescreen, CDRW/DVD (slot loading, no less), 60GB HD, and is just over 1 inch thick (like 1.1"), and it cost me a $2,000 USD (if you're going to be a college student, Apple offers you a discount). I have it hooked up to the Sonica, which connects via USB, to a Yamaha receiver (optical cable) and my Mirage sound system. It sounds awesome when I'm in the room, and when I'm out I have my iPod (which works so well on an Apple computer its wicked).
Seriously look into it. |
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| Prodigy Child |
| ^^^ What he said, you can't go wrong with Powerbook, there unreal. |
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| goldenarmZ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Haunted
what? i dont get it,, why dont multimedia laptops have sound cards such as audigy or something on it, that has support for a 4 speaker setup?? |
you can get an external version of the audigy, called the extigy :rolleyes:
http://www.soundblaster.com/products/extigy/
i think it's USB or something.. looks pretty cool to me :) |
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| Shabbaman |
Extigy, that's exactly my point! But I think you definately need a docking station. If you have to do some actual WORK behind a laptop you'll end up screaming mad...
Also, I don't know how it's arranged at the college where you're going, but at my university there's a discount project especially for new students.
(not that that's any good for you, but my point is that it's a good thing to look around for something similar at your new college...) |
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| placebo |
i got me one of dem pentium II thinkpads.
works for me
cept it only has one audio out
but you can get one of those usb soundcard thingamajiggers |
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| AZCA |
get any laptop u like with P4, p4-m or amd xp-m cpu inside with ddr ram and for sound get
creative labs extigy, it plugs externaly to u laptop and has all the plugs u will ever need.
as for the external monitor, not a problem, most laptops have a line out for that.
http://www.soundblaster.com/products/mp3+/welcome.asp
http://www.soundblaster.com/products/mp3+/gallery.asp
SPECS:
SPECIFICATIONS
General Specification
Interface: USB 1.1
Output Format: Analog Line Out, Headphone output, SPDIF Optical Output (PCM, AC-3, or DTS)
S/PDIF Sample Rate:
Optical In: 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz
Optical Out: 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz
Bits Resolution: 16 Bits
Power: USB Bus powered - approx 160 mA
Connections and Controls
USB connector
Audio Inputs:
- Line In (Gold-plated, RCA pair)
- Mic In (Gold-plated, 1/8")
- Optical S/PDIF In
Audio Outputs:
- Line Out (Gold-plated, RCA pair)
- Line/Headphone Out (Gold-plated, 1/8?
- Optical S/PDIF Out
Controls:
- Analog headphone volume control
- Analog/Digital output selector
Indicators:
- Power LED |
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