Hi everyone.
So I have had the Dayton B652 bookshelf speakers for a couple of months now, and wanted a little more oomph from my home audio. Things sound great, but without much bass to support everything it felt a little lackluster.
Thus, i purchased a cheap subwoofer from amazon.de - the Yamaha YST SW-012. This is a very very basic subwoofer with no controls other than volume and on/off. It is, I assume, a mono subwoofer. the subwoofer has only one RCA input, for which i've used a 3.5mm to RCA adapter. this allows it to connect to my 3.5mm splitter.
My laptop has just one output for audio and I would like for both my speakers as well as my subwoofer to function together.
my current set up is as follows:
laptop 3.5mm jack - 3.5mm splitter
3.5mm splitter - (3.5mm - stereo RCA) - Lepai 2020a+ - (speaker wire) - Dayton B652 Bookshelf Speakers
3.5mm splitter - (3.5mm - RCA converter) - (RCA) - mono subwoofer Yamaha TST SW-012
the problem is, when I use the 3.5mm splitter (single male 3.5mm to two female 3.5mm) only the left speaker works. (the subwoofer works too)
Firstly, I would like to know what the problem is. I suspect the 3.5mm splitter split my stereo output into two mono outputs. However, the strange thing is that when only my speakers are connected to the 3.5mm splitter (with one of the two slots unused), both my speakers play.
Secondly, and more importantly, how do I get everything to work properly?
Many thanks in advance!
So I have had the Dayton B652 bookshelf speakers for a couple of months now, and wanted a little more oomph from my home audio. Things sound great, but without much bass to support everything it felt a little lackluster.
Thus, i purchased a cheap subwoofer from amazon.de - the Yamaha YST SW-012. This is a very very basic subwoofer with no controls other than volume and on/off. It is, I assume, a mono subwoofer. the subwoofer has only one RCA input, for which i've used a 3.5mm to RCA adapter. this allows it to connect to my 3.5mm splitter.
My laptop has just one output for audio and I would like for both my speakers as well as my subwoofer to function together.
my current set up is as follows:
laptop 3.5mm jack - 3.5mm splitter
3.5mm splitter - (3.5mm - stereo RCA) - Lepai 2020a+ - (speaker wire) - Dayton B652 Bookshelf Speakers
3.5mm splitter - (3.5mm - RCA converter) - (RCA) - mono subwoofer Yamaha TST SW-012
the problem is, when I use the 3.5mm splitter (single male 3.5mm to two female 3.5mm) only the left speaker works. (the subwoofer works too)
Firstly, I would like to know what the problem is. I suspect the 3.5mm splitter split my stereo output into two mono outputs. However, the strange thing is that when only my speakers are connected to the 3.5mm splitter (with one of the two slots unused), both my speakers play.
Secondly, and more importantly, how do I get everything to work properly?
Many thanks in advance!