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Reply With QuoteYea, minijacks do come in different sizes for different applications, speakers and some microphones have different jacks.
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- April 2nd, 2002, 05:11 AM #1
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Pro speakers and powerbook?
does anyone know if te pro speakers work with the powerbook G4's? applestore say its a different size jack but im not so sure, its a minijack and as far as i know a minijacks a minijack. anybody know?
- April 2nd, 2002, 05:42 PM #2
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- April 5th, 2002, 12:00 PM #3
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Pro speakers not standard Sorry, but the Apple pro speakers won't work with anything but the models which they are sold with. What the small (2.5mm) jack is, is a proprietary connector that works with an integrated amplifier built into the new swing-arm iMacs. Without the digital amplifier, the sound output through the speakers will be about the same as a pair of headphones--not nearly enough to hear from 3 feet away.
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- April 5th, 2002, 01:15 PM #4
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Nor will the ones you can buy work with a PowerBook G4.
The PowerBook G4 does not provide enough power to power the Pro Speakers, and so will not work (the USB edition ones).-- simX
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- April 5th, 2002, 03:27 PM #5
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It is possible though, if you're a bit technical, to connect the sound output on a PowerBook or any computer to the input on an amplifer (not too powerful, check the Pro Speakers tech specs), and connect the output to the pro speakers. That should work, I suppose
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