I am affraid to ask: but will this work equally well with a PC being the laptop?

Hey Soundproof, Thanks for the answer, it was exactly the sort of thing I was hoping for. Indeed, the BL9's "deserve better" and you have highlighted the sort of issues and options I can go for. I haven't finally decided on the BL9's - and was designwise tempted more by the BL 6000's. Would the same point above apply to those

Hi, Thinking about buying a pair of BeoLab 9's. My setup will be playing from a dedicated laptop (streaming music services) and my questions is: is there anything I should be aware of in this setup? I have had other BL's connected to things like an AppleTV previously and this is a showstopper for me because the ATV opens up with a startup tune