Hooking up RP8's?

ChadDub · Post by **ChadDub** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:31 pm

So I'm gonna buy a pair of KRK RP8's this week, but I'm wondering what I need to hook them up to my laptop.

Can I just connect them into my headphone jack in the front of my laptop or do I need a mixer or an interface?

I'm looking at a picture of the back of one right now and it seems that I have TRS, RCA, and XLR inputs to choose from, and I know XLR isn't an option because I don't have a mixer.

Sine69 · Post by **Sine69** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:34 pm

An interface isn't required, but it is the preferred method.
My RP5s are plugged into my headphone jack. Works fine for now

ChadDub · Post by **ChadDub** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:38 pm

How'd you do it? With what type of cables? I have a shit ton of cables and adapters so I can plug shit into my laptop, but idk what exactly they're called.

Heartless · Post by **Heartless** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:40 pm

Get an audio interface. Be a man. Do the right thing.

Phase Down · Post by **Phase Down** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:43 pm

I say get an audio interface, you will need 2 xlr cables & 2 power cables.

Sine69 · Post by **Sine69** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:51 pm

ChadDub wrote:How'd you do it? With what type of cables? I have a shit ton of cables and adapters so I can plug shit into my laptop, but idk what exactly they're called.

Just a cable with a 1/8inch on one end, and it splits out to 2 RCA cables on the other end.
Again, an interface would be your best bet, but if you don't want to drop the extra cash that will get the job done.

ChadDub · Post by **ChadDub** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:52 pm

So what interface should I get? I'm not buying 500 dollar pair of monitors and not having the best sound I can get.

Heartless · Post by **Heartless** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:57 pm

ChadDub wrote:So what interface should I get? I'm not buying 500 dollar pair of monitors and not having the best sound I can get.

I use an M-Audio Fast Track. It's simple, cheap, and works great.

Phase Down · Post by **Phase Down** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:16 pm

M-audio's fine, or get a lexicon ionix u22, its sweet.

david nicol · Post by **david nicol** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:40 pm

Go big or go home, go with the Firepod. 10 fucking inputs of glory.

RandoRando · Post by **RandoRando** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:48 pm

Get the focusrite saffire or ^^^^^ . And sine how is your laptop headphone powering your rp8s. Oh wait they r powered speakers. But still isn't the sound quality shotty?

VirtualMark · Post by **VirtualMark** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:43 am

Mate.... i just bought some rokit 8's too but i wouldn't use the laptop audio for them! Definitely get a proper audio interface. I'm using NI Audio DJ 2, which has 2 outputs and comes with the headphone jack to rca lead. Its pretty cheap and sounds great, but has no inputs, so you could go for the higher model or go for the focusrite sapphire which everyone recommends. I then needed to buy an extension for the rca leads.

If you're using a long lead then using the balanced inputs would be better, but for most uses rca will be fine.

What do you think to the rokit 8's? I thought they sounded real clean, and pretty loud too!

ChadDub · Post by **ChadDub** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:45 am

Well I'm hoping that they'll sound amazing once I actually get them. Turns out I'll be waiting for one more paycheck till I can buy them. And now that I have all this other shit to buy it might take even LONGER.

Sine69 · Post by **Sine69** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:58 am

RandoRando wrote:Get the focusrite saffire or ^^^^^ . And sine how is your laptop headphone powering your rp8s. Oh wait they r powered speakers. But still isn't the sound quality shotty?

As far as I can tell, the sound quality is fine haha. But I wouldn't know what it sounds like hooked up through an interface, so idk.

Depone · Post by **Depone** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:47 am

Sine69 wrote:
RandoRando wrote:Get the focusrite saffire or ^^^^^ . And sine how is your laptop headphone powering your rp8s. Oh wait they r powered speakers. But still isn't the sound quality shotty?

As far as I can tell, the sound quality is fine haha. But I wouldn't know what it sounds like hooked up through an interface, so idk.

Its like buying a ferrari and putting a skoda engine in it

RandoRando · Post by **RandoRando** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:50 am

Depone wrote:
Sine69 wrote:
RandoRando wrote:Get the focusrite saffire or ^^^^^ . And sine how is your laptop headphone powering your rp8s. Oh wait they r powered speakers. But still isn't the sound quality shotty?

As far as I can tell, the sound quality is fine haha. But I wouldn't know what it sounds like hooked up through an interface, so idk.
Its like buying a ferrari and putting a skoda engine in it

whats a skoda,

ChadDub · Post by **ChadDub** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:54 am

RandoRando wrote:
Depone wrote:
Sine69 wrote:
RandoRando wrote:Get the focusrite saffire or ^^^^^ . And sine how is your laptop headphone powering your rp8s. Oh wait they r powered speakers. But still isn't the sound quality shotty?

As far as I can tell, the sound quality is fine haha. But I wouldn't know what it sounds like hooked up through an interface, so idk.
Its like buying a ferrari and putting a skoda engine in it

whats a skoda,

Yeah seriously I've never heard of a Skoda engine.

wub · Post by **wub** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:57 am

Skoda is a car manufacturer. They used to be shit, really shit, back in the day. Then they got bought by Volkswagen, and now aren't all that bad. Their name still carries negative connotations though from their poor performance prior to being bought out.

advocate · Post by **advocate** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:13 am

it's definitely worth using balanced, shielded cables wherever possible. my rp8's went through of phase of terrible electrical interference due to have to use unbalanced RCA's to hook em up. Balanced Jacks or XLRs all the way!!

ChadDub · Post by **ChadDub** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:16 am

wub wrote:Skoda is a car manufacturer. They used to be shit, really shit, back in the day. Then they got bought by Volkswagen, and now aren't all that bad. Their name still carries negative connotations though from their poor performance prior to being bought out.

they're really obscure then because I have never heard of them in my life lol

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