Can you use an amp to amplify music from a laptop?

[SpaceShipOne]

Some dance I gotta go to needs something.(long story) But I'm wondering if it is safe to plug a laptop headphone out into my 5150 and it not blow up.

 

[Rich_T]

Re: Can you use an amp to amplify music from a laptop?

It won't blow up, but it will sound like ass. The EQ curve and frequency response of a guitar amplifier is totally wrong for amplifying music.

 

[i love everyone]

Re: Can you use an amp to amplify music from a laptop?

i do it through solid state amps sometimes...not sure how it would work out with tubes overdriving. basically guitar amps are made to have a big mid cut because the guitar pickups respond the most to mid-bass frequencies. it still doesn't sound as good as hi-fi stuff, but if you turn the bass and treble all the way down and the mids about halfway up, it gives a pretty flat response.

 

[PFDarkside]

Re: Can you use an amp to amplify music from a laptop?

Yeah, it won't hurt but it won't sound good at all.

Bass and keyboard amps on the other hand, work pretty well.

 

[SpaceShipOne]

Re: Can you use an amp to amplify music from a laptop?

Thanks for the help, I managed to find a small monitor system to use that sounds good. I tried the amp.....you weren't kiddin. I've heard better outta Goodwill systems.

 

[WhoFan]

Re: Can you use an amp to amplify music from a laptop?

i want a keyboard amp for stuff like this... they can have a million uses... keys, vocal mics, guitar and bass pods, drum machines, and music if needed... they are great powered PA systems...

 

[Imp]

Re: Can you use an amp to amplify music from a laptop?

dude i'm pretty sure you'd have only gotten the left channel of the audio out of the guitar amp anyway

 

[Rich_T]

Re: Can you use an amp to amplify music from a laptop?

dude i'm pretty sure you'd have only gotten the left channel of the audio out of the guitar amp anyway

Heh, and that.

 

[Smilemon]

Re: Can you use an amp to amplify music from a laptop?

I run my comp into my acoustic amp then out to my bass amp in stereo, It sounds pretty good.

 

[idsnowdog]

Re: Can you use an amp to amplify music from a laptop?

Nothing sounds better than Barry Manilow through a triple-rec.

 

[Rich_T]

Re: Can you use an amp to amplify music from a laptop?

Nothing sounds better than Barry Manilow through a triple-rec.

Barry White sounds great through that rectifier bottom end!