SpeakerWorkshop with no line output

biff584 · 5th January 2003, 03:13 AM

I am trying to use speakerworkshop to design/test diy speakers. I would like to use the program on my laptop - however my laptop (a dell c840) only has speaker output, mic input, and line input- no line ouput. Is there any way I can use speakerworkshop with this computer even though the program mentions a line-output? Thanks alot.

Brian

kelticwizard · 5th January 2003, 04:06 AM

Biff:

I don't know your laptop. But generally, the computer speakers are designed to go into the Line Out jack of a computer sound card.

Unless your laptop has some kind of special high output speaker jack-I don't even know if such a thing exists on a laptop-then Speaker is the equivalent of Line Out.

biff584 · 5th January 2003, 04:21 PM

A speaker output is different than a line output- a speaker output is amplified so it can be used with non-amplified speakers or with headphones- most desktops have both a line output and a speaker output, however my laptop only has speaker output.

Brian

JBL · 5th January 2003, 04:27 PM

This is more probably a headphone out. I used a IBM laptop to test speaker and it done the job pretty well, and i was using the headphone out.

biff584 · 5th January 2003, 04:29 PM

Thanks- I'll give it a shot.

Brian.

kingdaddy · 5th January 2003, 05:53 PM

Just use the "Speaker Out" it will work fine, actually you need all the power you can get out of the sound card for a good strong MLS signal and even then it wont be enough for Far-Field Measurments. Also you will need a Wallin Jig for calibration.

5th January 2003, 03:13 AM	#1
biff584 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Villanova, PA	SpeakerWorkshop with no line output I am trying to use speakerworkshop to design/test diy speakers. I would like to use the program on my laptop - however my laptop (a dell c840) only has speaker output, mic input, and line input- no line ouput. Is there any way I can use speakerworkshop with this computer even though the program mentions a line-output? Thanks alot. Brian

5th January 2003, 04:06 AM	#2
kelticwizard diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Connecticut, The Nutmeg State	Biff: I don't know your laptop. But generally, the computer speakers are designed to go into the Line Out jack of a computer sound card. Unless your laptop has some kind of special high output speaker jack-I don't even know if such a thing exists on a laptop-then Speaker is the equivalent of Line Out. __________________ "A friend will help you move. A really good friend will help you move a body." -Anonymous

5th January 2003, 04:27 PM	#4
JBL diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Canada, N.-B.	This is more probably a headphone out. I used a IBM laptop to test speaker and it done the job pretty well, and i was using the headphone out. __________________ Jonathan Blanchard (J.Bl.) ---Nothing is impossible---

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5th January 2003, 04:21 PM	#3
biff584 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Villanova, PA	A speaker output is different than a line output- a speaker output is amplified so it can be used with non-amplified speakers or with headphones- most desktops have both a line output and a speaker output, however my laptop only has speaker output. Brian

5th January 2003, 04:29 PM	#5
biff584 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Villanova, PA	Thanks- I'll give it a shot. Brian.

5th January 2003, 05:53 PM	#6
kingdaddy diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Worth, Texas	Just use the "Speaker Out" it will work fine, actually you need all the power you can get out of the sound card for a good strong MLS signal and even then it wont be enough for Far-Field Measurments. Also you will need a Wallin Jig for calibration.

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