[lewyt666]

hey all, im wanting to set up external speakers/listening monitors to my emac, what do I need and how do I do it?

thanks

[slpdLoad]

Depends on what speakers you want. If you get powered monitors, you just plug them into the line-out on your Mac. If you get regular speakers with wire connectors, then you need a receiver that you hook up to your Mac.

[ChrisB]

You don't necessarily need a receiver. You can get an amplifier. As long as the amp has a set of 1/4 unbalanced inputs, you can adapt a mini-stereo to RCA cable with phono-to-1/4 inch adapters and plug into the amp. Your speakers would wire into the amp. Set the amp to a good volume level, and them control volume on your Mac as you normally would.

I think the best, and most cost effective solution is to get a set of powered speakers. Unless you have a need for good reference speakers, or you just an audiophile, you don't need to get a set of speaker that require a separate amp.