Hooking up old speakers to new iMac

I have an old MacPro circa 2006 and I'm thinking about getting an 27"iMac . Currently, my speakers are hooked up in the back to the port with the speaker that has sound waves. I noticed that the iMac only has a port with two speakers. What is the difference between those two and will it cause me a problem hooking up the old speakers?

What's the difference between those two speaker ports (1 speaker emitting sound waves vs. two little speakers) ? And will the cable I'm now using work in the new iMac? It is presently plugged into the port with a picture of one speaker/sound waves. Sorry for being so uneducated on this.

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I am sorry to say that I don't have that sound. I very rarely boot my system though (only for updates etc). I am assuming you checked all of the connections to make sure they are tight? The first time I hooked up the speakers I didn't relize they had shapes on the inputs to make sure they went into the left and right jacks. Stupid me. It is just possible you have a bad output jack on the iMac. You tried other speakers and heard the same thing. Have you tried another electrical outlet? Have you taken the speakers and out them on another computer?
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