Impedance Testing with a Laptop

Nordo

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Preamp, Processor or Receiver
Crappy Samsung HW-Q950T Soundbar
Universal / Blu-ray / CD Player
Panasonic BD35; Panasonic DP-UB820
Streaming Equipment
TP-Link Archer AX55 and Hisense 65Q8
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Netflix
Front Height Speakers
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Rear Height Speakers
-
Video Display Device
Hisense 65Q8
I've used my laptop with REW in the past for room testing, speaker placement, etc., but now I need to take some Impedance and SPL measurements of speakers for their crossover design.
The laptop has two USB (3.0) ports where I normally plug in my miniDSP UMIK-1, a HDMI port and a headphone socket.

How do I used the laptop to do the Impedance testing?
And how do I get the SPL graph under the same settings as the Impedance test?

I put up a post earlier, but realise now that I didn't explain my basic problem - the laptop.
 
If you laptop has a stereo line input in addition to its headphone output you could use it as is, otherwise you will need a two channel USB audio interface, ideally one with an output that can drive low impedance loads. The connections to the interface are shown in the help.
 
If you laptop has a stereo line input in addition to its headphone output you could use it as is, otherwise you will need a two channel USB audio interface, ideally one with an output that can drive low impedance loads. The connections to the interface are shown in the help.
Thanks John. :)
 
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