Bose companion 3 speakers not recognized

My imac is not recognizing my Bose companion 3 speakers. This is the second time since I bought these speakers 3 years ago.The last time this happened, the problem simply fixed iteself after leaving things unplugged for a few weeks. One day I plugged everything again and suddenly, the speakers appered in the output option of sound section in system preferences. No luck with that this time.

Hello,
Long shot, but...
Open Audio Midi Setup in Applications>Utilities, see the input & output options & KHz setting there, some things will change it for their own use, then not set it back.

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