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<blockquote data-quote="DarkScorpion" data-source="post: 6730958" data-attributes="member: 618537">Yeah, for PC&#039;s you&#039;ll usually just use the headphone out jack. If you&#039;re seriously interested in hi-fi audio out of your pc, you&#039;ll want to look into buying an external DAC (digital-to-analog converter) which will take sound via USB from your PC and turn it into a low-level output (RCAs). With a regular desktop PC, you can use a nice PCI based sound card to give you similar results, but with a laptop, an external soundcard or external DAC are your best choices. A 1/8&quot; to RCA cable will work perfectly fine. Don&#039;t be surprised at the amount of noise that comes from your setup, though. It&#039;s common with most laptops and their headphone-out jack.You can use almost any computer power supply to power your car amplifier, but you need to make sure the PSU is capable of withstanding the current draw of the amp. Look on the side of the PSU at the big sticker: it will say the amperage of the 12+ rails; the higher, the better as this is what the PSU is capable of delivering on the 12+ volt rail. To use a computer PSU, you&#039;ll just hook up a 12v wire and a ground wire directly to the amp, then short the green and any black wire on the main 24-pin (or 20-pin, if using an older PSU) harness.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DarkScorpion, post: 6730958, member: 618537"] Yeah, for PC's you'll usually just use the headphone out jack. If you're seriously interested in hi-fi audio out of your pc, you'll want to look into buying an external DAC (digital-to-analog converter) which will take sound via USB from your PC and turn it into a low-level output (RCAs). With a regular desktop PC, you can use a nice PCI based sound card to give you similar results, but with a laptop, an external soundcard or external DAC are your best choices. A 1/8" to RCA cable will work perfectly fine. Don't be surprised at the amount of noise that comes from your setup, though. It's common with most laptops and their headphone-out jack. You can use almost any computer power supply to power your car amplifier, but you need to make sure the PSU is capable of withstanding the current draw of the amp. Look on the side of the PSU at the big sticker: it will say the amperage of the 12+ rails; the higher, the better as this is what the PSU is capable of delivering on the 12+ volt rail. To use a computer PSU, you'll just hook up a 12v wire and a ground wire directly to the amp, then short the green and any black wire on the main 24-pin (or 20-pin, if using an older PSU) harness. [/QUOTE]

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