Pro speakers and powerbook?

[brodie]

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?

 

[<SNIPER>]

Yea, minijacks do come in different sizes for different applications, speakers and some microphones have different jacks.

 

[brau0158]

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.

JB

 

[simX]

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).

 

[ksv]

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