5.1 Sound Through Audio Out

Hi,
I'm looking to get a 5.1 speaker system for my iMac to play dvd's, quicktime movies etc through. What i would like to know is will a speaker system be able to process into 5.1 sound going through a jack connection?
Could you help me and tell me if that connection would work, if there are any special type of cable i will need etc.
Haven't decided on a set of speakers yet, but im looking to spend around £100 ($200) and are there any which would be specifically suited for my predicament? If they could hold there own with some metal blazing out that would be a bonus too!!
Thanks for your time!

What you may be looking for is something like the Griffin FireWave. It will connect to your iMac via FireWire, and it has the standard set of 3 dual channel output jacks (FR, FL; SW, C; and RS, LS) to interface with 5.1 channel speaker setups.
I have one these connected to my iMac, and hooked to a Klipsch ProMedia 5.1 setup; It is excellent. There is an additional firewire jack on the FireWave, to replace the one it uses.
You can read more about it here: [http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/firewave]
There is even a software control panel, allowing you to play true Dolby Digital from the appropriate source, as well as ProLogic surround from two channel sources; sounds great with iTunes stuff.

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I can't really give you all the MOBO specs etc because I am not currently in front of the machine. I can however confirm that it is using a Realtek chipset and is configured using the Realtek Sound Manager software.
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Hey guys.
I am trying to troubleshoot a sound issue with a Vista Home Basic machine.
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I am really just wanting to use basic sound (i.e. just speaker, not 5., 7. etc).
I am trying to make use of an old stereo system by using a 3.5mm aux jack to dual RCA (white and red) plugs.
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One interesting setting I did notice was that in Winamp, I had to select the "allow mono speaker" setting to have it play sound through the front headphones port.
However, when I was configuring the rear green port in the Realtex Sound Manager software, there was no mono option. There was only stereo, 5., 7. and some quad....... thing.
Any ideas guys on how to get the rear green port working?
I am wondering if it has something to with a connector on the MOBO. But as I said, Vista and Realtek manager seem to report that all is well.
My thanks in advance.

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