Connecting External Speakers to a computer with no audio output

I think a USB audio port would be better than the one that the Macs used to have. The audio output of the macs suffers of a very high level of harmonic distortion, the same with the imput. I says 44.1 at 16 bit but sounds like 14 bit.

I say that because I once play for mistake an mp3 file from th iTunes thru my Audio Media 3 card and the difference was the same from the sound of a VCR to a DVD, that big the difference is, even with MP3 format.

 

I was looking at that too...only I only want a woofer and two speakers.....

Alpha...??

 

Go to the Apple Store, click on the Music & Audio subcategory and scroll down to the "iMic USB Audio Interface - Griffin". It's got 1/8" sound I/O and connects via USB.

 

I think that I would go with the iMic from Griffin Technology . I have never tried it(I have no use for it) but I have seen a ton of good reviews.

 

iMic

I originally bought a Griffin iMic for Audio Input on my Quicksilver G4, but i tried its Audio Output feature just for the heck of it and wow, it is better than the built-in!

 

I personally think it was an incredibly stupid move! It's just one step harder for us to connect home stereo peripherals to our comps. I consider myself fortunate to have a G4 PCI for the sole purpose that it has the 1/8" audio I/O in back! Too bad they dropped the ADB port when they switched over to the Yikes G4 from the B/W G3's... I could have really used that for my Newtons.

I LOVED the days when the beige towers had ALL the ports, and I mean ALL... the RCA ins/outs, both 10 and 100 base-T ethernet ports, ADB, and not to mention we can add USB and FireWire connectivity via a PCI slot! The beige G3 towers are still great boxes IMO.