Need Help Sub-woofer and Studio Monitor setup

[cmlarn37]

I'm pretty new to the whole audio interface thing and am looking to buy one so I can actually hook of my speakers and sub-woofer. I have 2 KRK rokit 5's and am looking to use a balanced XLR connection. My sub woofer is a Yamaha YST-SW012 that only has an input which is RCA. Whats the easiest way to hook all these up to my computer? Everything I've read about setups has sub-woofers with inputs and outputs.

Possibly an audio interface with 3 XLR connections where the subwoofer uses an RCA to XLR adapter? If someone could recommend a setup or audio interface it would be much appreciated. I'm pretty stuck on what to do. Ideally I'm not trying to spend a lot of money ($200 Max but hopefully a lot less). I'm into music production and need this for mixing

 

[sdifox]

What sound card will you use?

 

[MegaFlop]

You need a crossover to go between your studio monitors and the sub-woofer.

The MiniDSP will work (unbalanced)
http://www.minidsp.com/products/minidsp-in-a-box/minidsp-2x4

You could try to find a sound card with a subwoofer output. That might work as well.

For a more professional option you need a balanced active xover.
http://www.zzounds.com/item--BEHCX2310?siid=7602
And you still need to get balanced out from your pc.

 

[Denithor]

Might be completely missing the point here, but how about just a simple stereo/5.1 receiver? Run your audio from PC to the receiver and let the receiver handle the speakers.

 

[truckerCLOCK]

Might be completely missing the point here, but how about just a simple stereo/5.1 receiver? Run your audio from PC to the receiver and let the receiver handle the speakers.

+1 Applying the K.I.S.S method always works for me

 

[sdifox]

Op is trying to do music production, receivers are too noisy electronically and he has active speakers and subwoofer so does not need amplification.