Focusrite Computer Speakers
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You will need a USB/Firewire audio interface - it's essentially an external sound card that you will use XLR-to-TRS cables to connect the speakers. If you add the yamaha sub to the mix, you will route the cables from the speakers into the sub and then cables from the sub to the back of your audio interface. I'd suggest getting a dual channel USB audio interface from either Steinberg, Focusrite or M-Audio. They will all be right around or just ove...
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Its an Audio interface. That means mostly good preamps and ADC for attaching a XLR\TRS input such as a microphone or electric guitar to a computer via a USB connection. But it does also have both and amp and DAC built in, so you could use it as a output to headphones or small desk speakers if you so desire, its just that it won't drive super high impedance units or put out high wattage like some of the equivalently priced devices that are only. A...
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czellman explains the cabling (get shielded cabling, it's worth it), but if you're using these with a computer, I also highly recommend picking up something like a Steinberg UR22 or Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 for USB audio from your computer - something with a separate box that makes the volume super easy to control. I used an audio card in my computer for a while and can't tell you how many times I wanted to quickly turn down the volume because some...
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These Speakers have Balanced XLR and 1/4" inputs. So in order to use them with your computer you'd need some sort of external audio interface that has those types of outputs. Computers don't come stock with these sort of connections. Once you get the audio interface, you'll also need to get the audio cables. There are frequently drops on this website for nice quality audio interfaces that will work with these speakers. Keep an eye out for the Foc...
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Regarding USB3.0, Five amps is only the rating the cables\connectors must have to meet specification, not the amount of power you can actually draw, which is limited to 900mA with data transmission, or 1.5A in "charging mode" without any data transfer. There is also a "low power" spec that only allows 150mA, but thankfully its rare on computers, so provided you don't try to plug into something dumb you shouldn't have to put up with this lower lim...
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