I need a little help on figuring out a way to play my pirate music and sound effects from my laptop computer to a set of external speakers.

I have a MacBook laptop with my iTunes playlist that contains all of my music and sound effects on it. I bought a pair of outdoor speakers, but when they arrived today, I discovered that there is no way to connect my laptop to them. The speakers have black and red connection points on the back for 18 gauge speaker wire, but there are no power plugs or a way to plug these into my laptop.

Is there an amp or some other type of device that I can plug my computer into and then connect it to the speakers?

If all else fails, I will set up a pair of computer speakers with a sub-woofer in the open widows of my basement that face the street and hope that does the trick.

Any suggestions? Thanks for any help anyone can offer....

Mick

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Thank ye matey, from the bottom of my scurvy heart......"One Eyed" Mick

You could use a small plug end for the mac with a duel split plug rca ends you can run to a reg stereo tuner / receiver, then your speakers off that..........
visit your local Radio shack or similar electronics store.

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Mick, if the speakers do not have any power connection they are not self-amplified. You would need some type of amp (home receiver?) to increase the output of the laptop to drive thsoe speakers.

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Phil
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DL,

My brother-in-law said the same thing about getting a "Y" connector to go from my laptop to a tuner or an amp and then to my speakers. I am heading out to Radio Shack today to see what they have....Keep your fingers crossed for me....!

Phil,

Yeah, the speakers do not have any power connections on them, so I guess they are not self-amplified.........

I am working on getting an amp as we speak, so hopefully I will be operational by tonight....if not, I will just throw a set of PC speakers in the windows and connect them to my laptop and go that route....

Thanks for your help...!

Mick

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Thank ye matey, from the bottom of my scurvy heart......"One Eyed" Mick

They should have what you need, or at the very least, ends to make your own. hope they have something for you on the last hours of countdown !

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The shack has what you need though they might not know it.

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Phil
Halloween Tinkering

I just finished hooking up my speakers to my computer through an Amp and it works great!!!!!

I went to Radio Shack and the "Uber Geek" dude there was very helpful! He had me set up with the "Y" RCA connector and 30' of 18 gauge speaker wire in minutes....

My Brother-in-Law had an Amp that he wasn't using anymore, so he donated that to the cause......

I got my goods home, hooked everything up and was blasting Spooky Halloween Pirate music all over the neighborhood!

This board is the greatest! Thanks for the help guys!

Happy Halloween.....!!!!

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Thank ye matey, from the bottom of my scurvy heart......"One Eyed" Mick

Glad it all worked out for you ! & that's what i love about this place, the "Adams Family" love & help !! Happy Hauntings to you !

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Last night went great! The Amp and speaker system worked perfectly. I set up a playlist on my iTunes to play my pirate tunes and sound effects on a repeating loop.

Many people who had been to my haunt last year commented about how cool it was that I added the music.....It really made my haunt seem more like Disney's POTC ride...!

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Thank ye matey, from the bottom of my scurvy heart......"One Eyed" Mick

Glad to hear your audio prob worked out & display didn't end up in Davey Jones locker !!

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