5.1 - iMac?

[deanops]

Hi - just a quick question..

can the iMac (20 or 24 inch) output 5.1??? for movies etc??
or am i just dreaming... is that "optical" port for this???

thanks

 

[jesteraver]

Hi - just a quick question..

can the iMac (20 or 24 inch) output 5.1??? for movies etc??
or am i just dreaming... is that "optical" port for this???

thanks

Good question.

I am wondering the same lol, seeing I am soon going to add a A/V receiver in my room

Hope more people answer.

 

[tominated]

it does use the optical port for that, but you will need a mini-toslink cable to toslink cable

 

[swiftaw]

AFAIK the imac is capable of transferring 5.1 Dolby Digital output through the optical audio out.

 

[Josh396]

As the other two before me said, yes it can. All you'll need is a miniTOSLink to TOSLink cable and you'll be good to go.

 

[jesteraver]

sweet! i cant wait to get my monster fiber optic cable

Now just to get myself the Cambridge Audio 540R *drools* 0.006% THD @ 1 kHz

 

[zioxide]

Monster cable is a rip off. Buy the cheapest toslink cable you can find.

 

[EricNau]

You might be interested in this thread.

 

[deanops]

thanks - that will get rid of the dvd player as well...!!!

 

[jesteraver]

Monster cable is a rip off. Buy the cheapest toslink cable you can find.

Its hard to find cheapers stuff than Monster in Canada especially here in Montreal. Everyone sells the stuff, which is a piss off. Seeing Radioshack no longer here.

 

[queshy]

Yep, I can confirm. 5.1 works, but you need DIGITAL speakers, not ANALOG ones. The digital 5.1 speakers with the 3 mini connectors won't work with the iMac. You need the toslink cable, I found one for like 20$.

 

[belovedmonster]

Its hard to find cheapers stuff than Monster in Canada especially here in Montreal. Everyone sells the stuff, which is a piss off. Seeing Radioshack no longer here.

Dude, dont you have online stores in Canada?

 

[jesteraver]

Dude, dont you have online stores in Canada?

All the major online stores carry Monster Cable or a couple other brand names.

- Best Buy
- Futureshop
- The Source

We don't have online stores like what you guys have in the US.

Guess that's what happens when you have like 1/10th the population.

Plus if I go to a home theater specialist type of store. They have Monster Cable or the higher end stuff lol

It sucks to buy stuff in Canada.

Plus by the time I ordered the cables from Monster. I actually found something here in Canada. I know could of e-mailed them to cancel. Still was to late lol was out the door.