PB 17" + speakers question

I've seen some wireless receivers for the computer and iPod that send a signal to the box which you can hook to your home stereo system. Having one of those hooked into a nice system would be great. I have a 600 watt Pioneer EX system with 8 speakers that would be pretty sweet but I just don't have the money to spend to get it hooked up and my roommate is always asleep and the college has an annoying "24 hour quiet hour" rule.

well if you have an amp or a receiver with one built in it will be easy. you could get a multimedia speaker system with usb.

I've hooked it to my amp through the headphone jack before. You just need a Y splitter that ends in stereo RCA. I just use an old one I got with a Sound Blaster way back when I built my last PC but you can probably pick one up at Radio Shack or any electronics store like Best Buy for only a few bucks.

Yes, anything with a stereo out (be it an iPod, laptop, computer... walkman) can be hooked up to a stereo. As the aforementioned said, you just need a splitter to convert it to RCA (you can pick one up at Best Buy for $5).

As a matter of fact I have Klipsch Synergy SF-2's mated with a Klipsch Synergy 10" sub hooked to a pioneer amp / equalizer.

Nothing beats 1024 of peak speaker watt pwnage

or you can drop 100 bucks for a computer surround system at best buy or any computer store. Comes with a powered sub and all that jazz.

$5 for a cable is a lot cheaper though.

splitter is cheaper if u already have a nice audio setup otherwise get an all in one multimedia thing.

but if u want great audio, get the splitter but usb audio card. but then again if ur pimpin out ur work place i dont think ur work mates of boss will like blaring music...then again if you're the boss blare away

remember that the headphone jack is not the same as a line out.

Headphone jack: powered output
Line out jack: passive output (no power, just signal)

get a quality cable if you are going to put it into a receiver. If it is a crappy one, you could get a lot of loud hum or buzz.

Well the headphone jack is all the PowerBook has to offer.

right, that's why I was trying to push for a quality cable if hooking into a receiver - because the PB only has a powered headphone jack.

If you want surround sound, you could go for a USB device like the M-Audio Sonica Theater.

You may suffer ground=loop problems with the PowerBook, certainly you are connecting two independently earthed systems, and people have reported buzzes with some systems, I connect to my stereo via the splitter lead, and get no problems, but if I plug it into the ghetto blaster upstairs it buzzes like a bastard unless I disconnect the 17's psu.

You might want to invest in a USB audio interface, Eiderol do some really cheap ones that give you phono-to-phono connection directly into your amp.

It might not trouble you, but then again it might.