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I have a laptop and will soon have a pair of krk rokits, but I'm not really sure about how to connect it all together.

Do i use a soundcard? Which connections and leads wwould I need? I can see on the back of to krks thats there is a 'balanced' connection and an 'unbalanced' one. I should be aiming to use the balanced one, right?
I've done a quick search but I can't really find anything. Hardware baffles me.

A soundcard as you call it (or an audio interface) is definitely recommended. Since you're using a laptop I think an audio interface with USB connection would be a good idea. Maybe check out the M-Audio Fast Track Pro. It's not too expensive and probably good enough. There's a thread about soundcards in the production bible on this forum too.

Don't know about balanced/unbalanced...

Good luck!

http://www.thomann.de/be/onlineexpert_105.html

Some information on soundcards

Thanks for the info guys, really helpful.

The fast track pro looks like a good job, might get that. Looks like a quality piece of kit.