Hook up iMac to a stereo system(which has the basic "red and white" connectors)

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jasfa131

The Lone Deranger
I want to connect my iMac (the one in my sig) to my stereo receiver(so that all audio coming from my iMac goes to the stereo's speakers). The stereo system has these kind of connectors...
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and
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What kind of adapters would I need for this job? (my iMac has the standard computer speaker input and a headphone input)

thanks a lot!
 
Those connectors are known as "RCA" connectors.

The audio-out port on the back of the iMac is called a 3.5 mm (1/8") stereo minijack.

You should be able to get a mini-jack to 2x RCA lead just about *anywhere*.
 
symphonix said:
Those connectors are known as "RCA" connectors.

The audio-out port on the back of the iMac is called a 3.5 mm (1/8") stereo minijack.

You should be able to get a mini-jack to 2x RCA lead just about *anywhere*.
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What would be a normal price for something like this? (with a rather LONG cable)
 
Ah, I see. I know Monster Cables are top quality, are there any cheaper brands of the same cable? Or are they all roughly around $30-$55?
 
The one I use cost me $3 from a local discount store.

Monster are basically a company that sell overpriced products with marketing nonsense about "gold-plated titanium platinum with transhelical fitment". As long as the cable uses the right guage of wire and the right materials for the connectors, the quality will not be any different between the Monster cable and the $3 cable. And yes, those cheap Chinese ones are actually made correctly.
 
That's correct. I was surprised to find so much Monster Cable stuff on Radio Shack but I guess they're a high profit item. I linked them because they have lots of stores and in the stores you can (or used to be able to) find the inexpensive stuff. I should have said that in my original post.

Monster is a scam on the naïve.
 
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