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<blockquote data-quote="Avalon" data-source="post: 193852" data-attributes="member: 5184"><p>The iFire is nothing else than an external amplifier. It has three ports: 1x Firewire, 1x 3.5mm mini jack audio in (line level) and the special 2.5mm mini jack for the Pro Speaker.</p><p></p><p>As far as I know, the FW connector is used ONLY to power the iFire, it get's it's audio signal from the standard 3.5mm Line in. Which is why the iFire can be used with any Firewire equipped computer, including PCs, without any necessary drivers.</p><p></p><p>So, again, there is no way of getting any convenient sound out of those speakers unless you hook it up an amp, either by re-soldering the Apple connector and buying an iFire, or by soldering a 3.5mm jack to the audio wires (you can attach both grounds on the single ground pin of a 3.5mm jack) and connect it to a headphone amp (quite more expensive than the iFire).</p><p></p><p>Unless you have an amp with no more than 20W of power, I wouldn't hook them up to your home stereo...turning up the volume on a more powerfull amp will definitely kill the Pro Speakers... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Avalon, post: 193852, member: 5184"] The iFire is nothing else than an external amplifier. It has three ports: 1x Firewire, 1x 3.5mm mini jack audio in (line level) and the special 2.5mm mini jack for the Pro Speaker. As far as I know, the FW connector is used ONLY to power the iFire, it get's it's audio signal from the standard 3.5mm Line in. Which is why the iFire can be used with any Firewire equipped computer, including PCs, without any necessary drivers. So, again, there is no way of getting any convenient sound out of those speakers unless you hook it up an amp, either by re-soldering the Apple connector and buying an iFire, or by soldering a 3.5mm jack to the audio wires (you can attach both grounds on the single ground pin of a 3.5mm jack) and connect it to a headphone amp (quite more expensive than the iFire). Unless you have an amp with no more than 20W of power, I wouldn't hook them up to your home stereo...turning up the volume on a more powerfull amp will definitely kill the Pro Speakers... ;) [/QUOTE]
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