Bass Guitar into HiFi - Is it safe?

Hi,
I'm playing Bass guitar in Garageband via a Griffin iMic USB device into my iMac. Now, I could route the sound through to my Hifi from the mac, but is it safe to do that with the Bass?
Does Garageband compress the sound or whatever it needs to do to make it safe? I don't wanna blow my speakers, or my headphones for that matter.
Thanks
Lee

Although GB doesn't compress, the amplitude is limited - once it's reached, your recording clips. That sounds ugly, but doesn't get any louder.
So if you have set your stereo to a level where the speakers survive normal pop music from iTunes (with iTunes' volume slider cranked to maximum), they shouldn't have a problem with GB's output.

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