Does anyone know if these speakers will work without plugging them into a computer? For example, plugging them into the PRIZM that's on kickstarter?
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Its not wireless...here is a usb wire to plug into the computer to charge it and an auxiliary cord to plug into your device
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The only thing you need the USB plug for is to charge them, they work off the headphone jack.
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Good luck I wish you the best! The speakers do sound great! I just hooked them up to my computer and use them with it.
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These speakers just have connectors to hook up stereo wire from an amplifier to the speakers. They are not designed for use with a computer - It may be possible to do so, however, but you would probably need to have an amplifier between the speakers and the computer.
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Yes. .....you will need a power amplifier. ...they are not powered speakers.
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How do I hook these speakers in to my Mac G4? Is there a USB connection or only RCA type jacks requiring a sound card to be put into my computer? Or can they be attached some other way? Any advice would be appreciated.
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Unfortunately not. Those are powered from the computer itself, these have an external ac port and a speaker plug (3.5mm or whatever the standard is now)
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They are a passive speaker, not powered, They need a receiver or an amplifier to out put sound.. hope that helps.
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This seems like a loaded question to me :-) I am presuming standard hardware and software configuration, no advanced custom config, then there is no such things as a Mac or a PC speaker. You just need to make sure you have standard audio outputs and connect them and have power. BTW, they are good speakers for the money.
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These speakers do not come with wires. To connect them to amplifier/receiver you'll need wires, which is usually the case with any stereo system. Regarding the computer - I'm afraid that a typical sound card of a computer/laptop will not supply enough current to make these speakers work.
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There non powered regular speakers that need to be powered by a receiver. I have them and they sound great!
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I use mine connected to a desktop computer sound card. These are powered speakers any they will work on anything that has a line output If I remember correctly the speakers were about 20 watts which may cover a small back yard.
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If they are going to be used with Bluetooth, they would have to be connected to a power source/receiver/system with Bluetooth capability. These are speakers only and are not a self contained system that you could make a Bluetooth connection to directly. The same applies to non Bluetooth applications - they need to be connected to something to power them/push the sound through them. Mine are connected to my sound system that is part of my main audio/video setup
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The speakers have two cords that will need to be plugged-in to function: 1) the USB cable which will power the device, and 2) the 3.5 mm audio cable, which needs to be plugged-in to your computer or other audio devices' audio-out or headphone jack (to get the audio data to stream out the speakers). Hope that helps!
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I'm not familiar with those speakers but unless they have their own drivers this will not work. These are for a wireless A/V connection that only transmits line level audio. not enough to drive speakers
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I recently updated my Android tablet to OS 4.4, so I had to re-establish the various links to peripheral hardware. I had no problem linking to these speakers. They linked the same as when I bought and installed them.
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They have a standard headphone jack for sound. The USB port is for power only. They will work on any device that has a headphone port and a free USB port. Even without a USB port you can use a power adapter. We have used these speakers on a variety of devices.
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You will need some kind of power amp to drive these. Although small they are just a standard speaker as opposed to a powered speaker. Have a look at the Topping digital amps. I think they are great.