[fastbacker]

Hey all-

I'm new to this forum and relatively uninformed about the Mac (as this question will show).

I just bought a used G4 dual 1.25 with 2 ghz of ram and two 200mhz harddrives. Probably a bunch more machine than I need but I got a good deal on it. Anyways, I don't know alot about this machine but the first thing I want to do is connect it to an amp and speakers to get some real sound out of it.

I assume I use the audio line-out port (headphone jack) with some kind of adapter to patch into an amplifier.

What adapter would that be and where would I get it?

If I had this line-out port occupied, would the G4 tower's speaker still work? What about a set of Apple Pro speakers plugged into the apple speaker mini-jack?

Any help would be really appreciated-
Craig

[littlegreenspud]

Hi,

You can just plug in the mini jack, of a 3.5mm stereo mini jack to phono lead, into the 'headphones' socket on your mac and the phono ends into a line in port on your amp - that's all you need for real sound out.

Any Hi-Fi store would have this lead, it is very common.

With this plugged in your G4's speaker will not work anymore.

Sorry, I cannot help with the question on the Pro Speakers as I do not have any to try!

[motti]

You can plug in both the Apple Pro Speakers and the mini-Jack connector, but only one output will work at the same time. I can't tell you which one will do because I recently sold my APS.

[killer_735]

I'm a little worried about your question about using an adapter to plug your system into an amp. Computer speakers are shielded, meaning the magnetic fields they produce don't make it out of the box, or at least not in a way that would mess with your system. If you plug a tower's speaker output into, say, a stereo system that's nearby, you need to make sure you have some distance between the tower and monitor and the other components, or you run the risk of screwing up your monitor, hard drive, ram, motherboard, power supply, and possibly your immortal soul. Standard speakers from a stereo or whatever are usually not shielded, and meant to be used away from computers.