Will this work with an old laptop so a classroom of kids will be able to hear it?
634083
I use the small SD card and play through the Kaidaer. I don't use the laptop. The Kaidaer is loud enough, just place it in the middle of the classroom.
634084
No, Cindy. 25-30 kids sitting at their desks? These lil' spkrs are loud but not THAT loud.
818319
It has excellent stereo sound. I don't know how many watts. It plays louder if you plug into wall. It needs either blue tooth or a 1/8" jack to supply the audio source. Your laptop prob has a 1/8" headphone jack that would work.
612439
As long as your computer has the appropriate stereo jack, yes, the microphone will work.
2038890
It will. (Of course it won't replace your modem). I'm still using mine with my HP laptop that has a blown soundcard. It works well with headphones and will also work with external speakers. The volume is not very loud with external speakers, but great with headphones or earbuds. Powered external speakers would be fine, I think. This is, for all intents and purposes, a USB soundcard.
517978
Kinda depends on the people, how much noise they will be making, and the room, and the power of what is paired with it.This worked well for my wife, using her iPad Mini 2, to play accompaniment tracks for her music class, of up to 18 kids, 1st grade through 6th grade. However this was in a room with almost no padding, wood floors, so that really echoed sound well. If there is a lot of padding around, soft stuff, then it might not do so well.
305690
In my experience, if you can hear it, this will pick it up. I've set it in one end of my house and walked in a room at the other end and I could still play myself back talking. Since even in large classes, the students are generally quiet you should have no problem. I use in in class. If you hear a lot of backnoise, put the mic sensitivity on low. I'm extremely pleased with it.
1655615
I doubt it. It works between printers and other devices. Anyway, the Shure USB Mic should just connect into the USB plug on the laptop unless the laptop it too old to have a place to connect a USB.
634924
As long as it has an audio jack like ipods, laptops, and phones, etc. it will work
514385
Yes, it would be a great speaker for that application. I use it to play music from my iPhone all the time. Plug it into the wall, connect to your phone via Bluetooth and go. It's very simple. I move it room to room but usually have it in a 900 sq. ft. classroom. I can't imagine needing it to be any louder unless I were to use it outside. In that case, I will definitely buy a second one of these - you can pair your phone to one and pair the first speaker to a second via Bluetooth and have the entire thing set up wirelessly (other than power cables).
2202774
I agree. I use one these to amplify sound from my laptop when i show videos on it in my classroom.
2093975
Never tried it with a laptop... I used it for narrating tours... So cheap wouldn't hurt to try!
585426
Depends on the laptop. The volume is definitely louder than most laptops, but it is not a true stereo speaker.
1004050
Yes, it will. However, it doesn't make any sort of sound on it's own, it needs a Digital Audio Workstation like Ableton Live, FL Studio, Cubase, etc. But it is "class-compliant" meaning it works out of the box!
1397803
As long as your laptop has a spot for an audio jack or if it supports Bluetooth, it should work just fine.
1023958
It has it's own speaker built in so I guess it would depend on the size and noise level of the room. The volume of the speaker is pretty loud in my home and the kids have used it for everything they've needed so far; I would guess for small to medium settings it would suit you.
1337783
As long as the laptop has Bluetooth connectivity it should work fine. As an alternative the speaker has a wired connection that could be plugged into the headphone jack if Bluetooth didn't work
2265117
The speaker works automaticaly with the computers sound program. Just click the sound icon on the bottom right and adjust that way. You should know the quality of the sound and volume of the sound is much better then you will have with your laptop. At least it is that way with my Toshiba.