Is this the best way to connect a stereo receiver to a Mac?

[Nostromo]

Using this Behringer audio interface that can be plugged into Usb 2.0.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0023BYDHK/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_6?ie=UTF8&m=A318KZKAVS7VOQ

Is this the right thing to buy to connect a stereo receiver/amplifier to a Mac?

 

[Nostromo]

No reply?

That's a song by the Beatles.

Could I play it through bookshelf speakers, connected to a receiver, connected to the Mac via usb 2.0 with the above device?

 

[bgd]

I have the amp connected to the headphone jack. Works fine for me and the cable didn't cost $33.

 

[Nostromo]

I have the amp connected to the headphone jack. Works fine for me and the cable didn't cost $33.

My headphone jack is bad. You can't repair it, as it's soldered to the logic board.

 

[TMRaven]

I have the amp connected to the headphone jack. Works fine for me and the cable didn't cost $33.

You didn't connect it via a toslink with optical cable from headphone jack? Sounds like you're just double amping which is inefficient.

 

[Nostromo]

You didn't connect it via a toslink with optical cable from headphone jack? Sounds like you're just double amping which is inefficient.

What is your opinion of the Behringer audio interface?

 

[thegoldenmackid]

No reply?

That's a song by the Beatles.

Could I play it through bookshelf speakers, connected to a receiver, connected to the Mac via usb 2.0 with the above device?

Yes. So long as the issue with your headphone jack isn't anything beyond the headphone jack.

That device, from the product description should do what you want it to do.

 

[ChrisA]

What is your opinion of the Behringer audio interface?

I'm trying hard to think of something good to say about Behringer. About the only thing that comes to mind is "low price".

 

[Nostromo]

Yes. So long as the issue with your headphone jack isn't anything beyond the headphone jack.

That device, from the product description should do what you want it to do.

I once noticed when plugging in headphones and pulling them out again that the built-in speakers no longer worked.

I wriggled a bit, and the speakers went back on.

So I don't really know what's wrong.

Thanks for the thumbs up towards the Behringer.

Am I right that you get better sound quality when going through USB than gong through the headphone jack?

I'm trying hard to think of something good to say about Behringer. About the only thing that comes to mind is "low price".

Please give an example of a unit that you have something good to say about.

I came across the Behringer on Amazon.