[l008com]

Anyone know of a decent sounding surround sound speaker system that can plug right into a Mac Mini's optical port, without the need for an extra box as an adapter? A cheap set of speakers, like $100. I don't want to have another box, like a USB for Firewire setup for audio out. Nor do i want a box that plugs into the optical out and splits it into the 4 different analog connectors that most surround sound computer speakers want. I just want a clean, simple easy solution. Are there any such speakers?

[P]

I'm not sure what you're looking for. Somewhere along the line you must have an amplifier. The advantage with using the optical out is that the signal is never transmitted in an analog form until after the amplification, so there is no amplification of analog noise. That is the best sounding solution - a separate receiver/amplifier that then splits into 5.1 (or more) speakers. You say you don't want that. Why? If you want surround sound, you usually need several speakers. There are "sound projectors" from some manufacturers like Yamaha that emulate 5 speakers in one, and then you can get surround sound from one box, but that's not exactly $100 solutions.

If you just want stereo, you can get some simple stereo speakers with a sub, such as the Harman Kardon Soundsticks that have very good sound.

[l008com]

What I want is an all in one solution. Not a big reciever to plug in, and then a bunch of speakers to plug into that. I want a single set of speakers that plug directly into the port on my mac (with an adapter probably, but not a convert box). Something like this http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/pr...mp;ad=hpb_x540
Only I think that speaker system has the 3 separate analog inputs for use with pc surround sound pci cards. Something like that, in the $100, 70watt range, that could take an optical input would be perfect.