Headphone / Optical Dig. Out to Stereo Headphone jack?

Goal: To output sound from my Powerbook G4 to my stereo speakers.
Problem: My stereo is an older model and only has a headphone jack (no RCA); the speakers connect via bare wires and clips in the back of the main base unit.
Question: What are my options? I've read there are minijacks that can convert headphone to RCA, but in my case I'm sort of going from headphone jack to headphone jack. How do I ensure that the sound from my Powerbook outputs through my stereo speakers?
If there's a thread that I missed, I'll happily read it instead. Thanks for your time.
Powerbook G4 15" Mac OS X (10.4.4)
Powerbook G4 15"   Mac OS X (10.4.3)  

Your simplest and best bet is to get a set of small speakers that run from the PB headphone socket, there are quite a few alternatives and they're not that expensive.
You can't connect the PB directly to your speakers as the headphone output is not powerful enough to drive larger speakers, which also tend to be less efiicient. If your base unit has inputs for other equipment (usually called Aux), then if this uses 2 inputs - left and right, you can get a Y cable which connects a single plug to the PB headphone output and 2 plugs (left and right) to the base unit Aux input. You can't justconnect 2 headphone sockets together as both wil be outputting sound at each other. As an alternative, If you buy some speakers and an amp or receiver then you can also do what I've just suggested.
I hope that helps, it's difficult to know what the exact options are without being able to see your stereo.
You might find some good options here;
http://www.mac-pro.com/s.nl?sc=5&search=speakers
Best of luck

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