Thanks for your help! I'll get one start of October and post my results here. Seems like a small device to feed audio to powered monitors directly from the computer would come up often enough.
Thanks for the information!
Yes, I wasn't sure I needed balanced out or not or how unbalanced was affect sound quality. I do know the sm57 (dynamic) doesn't require phantom power so that's not even a requirement. With this in mind the mobilepre fits the bill.
After some reading after...
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I'm building a new PC and want to correct the mess I have now.
I'd like to use my microphone (SM57 with a XLR connection) and monitors (KRK's Rokit5 each with a 1/4in TRS balanced connection) with my computer. I've tried finding solutions but I'm lost. I don't know audio equipment...