Analog Audio into Macbook Pro Audio Port

I'm trying to pass an analog audio music signal from an external recorder thru my mac pro.
Preferences settings are:
Input- audio port
Output-internal speakers
Signal is hitting the computer and registering on the input level indicator as being received but it is not being delivered by the internal speakers.
The signal from the external recorder has been verified by myself via the use of a set of headphones.
Apple Care expert technicians insist that a driver should be provided by the external device (which to me is rediculous) however I called them the device mfr.to check which resulted in nothing being available, as I expected.
Is the mac manual correct that a line level mic. (which I interpret as being an alalog signal) should work with my Mac??

I don't know what the Apple manual you're referring to says on the subject, but I doubt that LineIn is performing an analog-to-digital conversion, since the speakers need an analog signal.
And I don't think LineIn provides any amplification, either. It just enables a software path from the audio input to the speakers that isn't there otherwise. If your speaker volume is acceptable, then the signal you're inputting is already preamplified (= line-level).
But I'm no audio professional, and I could be wrong about any of this. All I really knew was that LineIn would serve your needs if your incoming signal was suitable, as it apparently was.

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