Setting up new speakers with or without amplifier.
Setting up new speakers with or without amplifier. Posted on: 21.02.2013 by Mi Gabele Hey, I have been doing some searh on good speakers for room dj'ing and ended up with CELESTION KR2. The question is will I need an amplifier to get them working properly? I dont really know much about these kind of stuff now. I got Z2 and will I be able to connect those two to my Z2 soundcard? Will it work like an amplifier? Anyways, how important is amplifier? I got this old yamaha subwoofer, but no good speakers to test it out how good it is, cus of the connections inputs which differs on left and right speakers and not sure if I'll be albe to connect those two speakers, or will I? Thanks! 100_8671.jpg | |
| Jerica Salava 24.02.2013 |
Originally Posted by rockalittle
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| Doreen Schurle 24.02.2013 |
Originally Posted by Kazkox
Get your ass down there in a couple of hours time |
| Mi Gabele 24.02.2013 | Got it, I did not notice where is the right plug on subwoofer Thanks.
My best purchase to date is STILL a pair of Mordaunt Short MS5.30s I picked up from a charity shop for |
| Jerica Salava 23.02.2013 |
Originally Posted by Kazkox
2.1 means 2 speakers (left and right) and 1 subwoofer. Hence 2.1 5.1 means 5 speakers (left, right, center, rear left and rear right) and 1 subwoofer. > |
| Doreen Schurle 23.02.2013 | Personally I would ALWAYS go with passive speakers and a separate amp, that's just the way I've always been. You can pick up a half decent hifi amp from eBay or even a car boot sale for a tenner, just make sure you get an older (1970s/80s/90s) stereo one and not one of the shitty modern AV ones designed for surround sound. My best purchase to date is STILL a pair of Mordaunt Short MS5.30s I picked up from a charity shop for |
| Mi Gabele 23.02.2013 |
Originally Posted by loverocket
I got the tops, and left one speaker is with a volume control (Maybe female RCA's comes with volume control on most of the devices). OK now it makes some sence what does the 2.1 or 5.1 means, plain simple.
Honestly, if you haven't bought the KR2's yet, you wouldn't go astray by searching for some decent Powered speakers. They're going to be alot less hassel to setup if you aren't too experienced with Audio (That is, matching an amp to your subwoofers). There are hundreds of posts in this community
about speakers, give the search function a go
There are loads of topics about it, but while I'm searching it is good to ask! |
| Harley Zitka 21.02.2013 |
Originally Posted by Kazkox
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| Mi Gabele 21.02.2013 | Hey, I have been doing some searh on good speakers for room dj'ing and ended up with CELESTION KR2. The question is will I need an amplifier to get them working properly? I dont really know much about these kind of stuff now. I got Z2 and will I be able to connect those two to my Z2 soundcard? Will it work like an amplifier? Anyways, how important is amplifier? I got this old yamaha subwoofer, but no good speakers to test it out how good it is, cus of the connections inputs which differs on left and right speakers and not sure if I'll be albe to connect those two speakers, or will I? Thanks! 100_8671.jpg |
| Jerica Salava 24.02.2013 |
Originally Posted by rockalittle
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| Doreen Schurle 24.02.2013 | In my experience you'll have more luck with the car boots; markets over here tend to be people selling shitty eBay stuff like lighters, batteries and feather dusters for a 50p markup, unless it's a dedicated "second hand market". It's also worth going around all the charity shops in Stoke asking if they've got any old amplifiers/speakers out the back somewhere. Sometimes you'll be unlucky and they'll have a "no electricals" policy, but that's quite rare these days. |
| Mi Gabele 24.02.2013 | ahh too bad I'm at work now, luckily I got 3 sundays off after this one, looks promising, next week I will go there, thanks for the link! Hmm they got more markets there seems like, Bentilee market on tuesday, will check it too. |
| Doreen Schurle 24.02.2013 |
Originally Posted by Kazkox
Get your ass down there in a couple of hours time |
| Mi Gabele 24.02.2013 | Got it, I did not notice where is the right plug on subwoofer Thanks.
My best purchase to date is STILL a pair of Mordaunt Short MS5.30s I picked up from a charity shop for |
| Florentina Cowell 23.02.2013 | So an older 5.1 yamaha system could be connected to a numark mix deck controller? |
| Jerica Salava 23.02.2013 |
Originally Posted by Kazkox
2.1 means 2 speakers (left and right) and 1 subwoofer. Hence 2.1 5.1 means 5 speakers (left, right, center, rear left and rear right) and 1 subwoofer. > |
| Doreen Schurle 23.02.2013 | Personally I would ALWAYS go with passive speakers and a separate amp, that's just the way I've always been. You can pick up a half decent hifi amp from eBay or even a car boot sale for a tenner, just make sure you get an older (1970s/80s/90s) stereo one and not one of the shitty modern AV ones designed for surround sound. My best purchase to date is STILL a pair of Mordaunt Short MS5.30s I picked up from a charity shop for |
| Mi Gabele 23.02.2013 | So much info about those damn speakers! Could't imagine reading all this stuff without a cup of freshly grounded coffee... (with sweeteners ofcourse) Mainly I like playing techno and drum and bass, and I've came up with these speakers Mackie MR5, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2611390097...84.m1436.l2649 First I was a bit confused about the difference between active and powered monitor's term's, but as far as I know, they both have amp built-in and I don't like the idea of using separate amp for speakers (yet), and Active monitors are more 'bassy' as I understood. Secondly, status is changed to super saver once again... |
| Mi Gabele 23.02.2013 |
Originally Posted by loverocket
I got the tops, and left one speaker is with a volume control (Maybe female RCA's comes with volume control on most of the devices). OK now it makes some sence what does the 2.1 or 5.1 means, plain simple.
Honestly, if you haven't bought the KR2's yet, you wouldn't go astray by searching for some decent Powered speakers. They're going to be alot less hassel to setup if you aren't too experienced with Audio (That is, matching an amp to your subwoofers). There are hundreds of posts in this community
about speakers, give the search function a go
There are loads of topics about it, but while I'm searching it is good to ask! |
| Elizabet Sledz 21.02.2013 | In short, you're going to need to buy a real amplifier, The subwoofer you posted is part of an old 2.1 setup, designed to power tiny 2 inch drivers, and a 5 inch subwoofer. The Celestion KR2 is an 8 inch driver, and designed to handle 100watt's of power, at 8ohm. Even if your old unit was compatible, it wouldn't be nearly powerful enough to run your speakers, and would potentially damage them through under-powering them. Honestly, if you haven't bought the KR2's yet, you wouldn't go astray by searching for some decent Powered speakers. They're going to be alot less hassel to setup if you aren't too experienced with Audio (That is, matching an amp to your subwoofers). There are hundreds of posts in this community about speakers, give the search function a go |
| Jerica Salava 21.02.2013 | That looks like an AMPLIFIED 2.1 computer subwoofer system. You should be able to plug any stereo signal into the input 1 or input 2. For an iPod use headphone jack and a 3.5mm to 3.5 mm male cord. For a mixer or soundcard use a Stereo-Y cord (3.5mm stereo male to [2] RCA males). Are you missing the two "tops"? The midrange to tweeter speakers that came with this system. This is originally a 2.1 system. (2 speaker and 1 subwoofer) The output labeled left speaker is a female RCA and is just a positive and a negative speaker out. The output labeled right speaker is a proprietary multi-pin connection. The right speaker probably had a volume control and an on/off switch. |
| Harley Zitka 21.02.2013 |
Originally Posted by Kazkox
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