Airport Extreme and HK Soundsticks I (USB)..compatible?

[humphrey11]

hi all, just wondering if anyone's had success with this. seems a simple enough question but haven't seen any info on it anywhere. I have the Harman Kardon Soundsticks I (usb plug only, no audio jack) and am thinking about getting an Airport Extreme base station for my wireless hub; will these plug and play through this from my laptop, or does the usb jack not work with speakers? Found info on the Soundsticks II (*and I know they don't work via usb, at least on the Airport Express)....

any advice would be greatly appreciated!

cheers,
humphrey

 

[hughie.bb]

hi all, just wondering if anyone's had success with this. seems a simple enough question but haven't seen any info on it anywhere. I have the Harman Kardon Soundsticks I (usb plug only, no audio jack) and am thinking about getting an Airport Extreme base station for my wireless hub; will these plug and play through this from my laptop, or does the usb jack not work with speakers? Found info on the Soundsticks II (*and I know they don't work via usb, at least on the Airport Express)....

any advice would be greatly appreciated!

cheers,
humphrey

I have the same problem and want to use Airport Express.
Harman is of no help. Are there any audio female cable adapters to a 3.5mm stereo audio male jack?
hughiebb

 

[geoffreak]

The Airport Extreme and Express do not support any kind of USB devices besides printers which can use general printer drivers and USB storage (Extreme only). There is nothing that exists to bypass this.

 

[hughie.bb]

The Airport Extreme and Express do not support any kind of USB devices besides printers which can use general printer drivers and USB storage (Extreme only). There is nothing that exists to bypass this.

what about using the audio jack on Express?

 

[hughie.bb]

what about using the audio jack on Express?

I want tto use that but the problem is that soundsticks has a usb audio (not digital) connector designed to interface with the Mac USB ports.