iMac - Adding better speakers to at iMac

JacobRogers · JacobRogers #1 (**permalink**)

05-27-2007, 01:32 AM

How do I add better speakers to my iMac? I see that on the back there is a jack for headphones and next to it there is a jack wit a symbol I don't recognize, is that where speakers would go?

PowerBookG4 · PowerBookG4 #2 (**permalink**)

05-27-2007, 02:03 AM

speakers can go in the headphone jack.. unless you are looking for optical, which i think that is what you are looking at.

JacobRogers · JacobRogers #3 (**permalink**)

05-27-2007, 02:08 AM

I'm ignorant about how the word optical could be used when talking about speakers. So I'm not in the market for them. I know that in my PC days there were different jacks for headphones than for regular speakers. But I guess apple just keeps it simple.

PowerBookG4 · PowerBookG4 #4 (**permalink**)

05-27-2007, 02:22 AM

Yeah they do a good job keeping it simple. On the pro line models there is actually a difference between the 2. They are the same, just in different locations.

Optical audio is just the data is transmitted via a light, for cleaner, better quality audio.

Vorbis · Vorbis #5 (**permalink**)

05-27-2007, 02:36 AM

One port is audio out (headphones) the other is a line-in.

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JacobRogers #1 (permalink)
Member Since: May 22, 2007 Posts: 35	05-27-2007, 01:32 AM How do I add better speakers to my iMac? I see that on the back there is a jack for headphones and next to it there is a jack wit a symbol I don't recognize, is that where speakers would go?
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Vorbis #5 (permalink)
Member Since: May 27, 2007 Posts: 1	05-27-2007, 02:36 AM One port is audio out (headphones) the other is a line-in.
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