I have some old Boston Digital speakers from Gateway 2000 that I want to use with my Imac
I have a great set of Boston Digital speakers with a subwoofer that I purchased with a Gateway 2000 computer back in the day... the speakers are still in great shape and produce amazing sound.
Is there a way that I can use these speakers with my new Imac? Do I have to install a driver of some sort? Or could I just run down to radioshack and buy some sort of adapter?
I did some research already and they said that I needed to change my audio output to digital but I believe they were speaking about a Windows OS.
I appreciate it if someone else has run into this and can share some ideas.
Your BA 7500G sounds a lot like my "Digital BA735" 2.1 speakers that I purchased around '99 with my Gateway. I just purchased a new iMac a few weeks ago and thought I'd dig out my old speakers that still sound great. For about $20 you can purchase a converter, plug and cable from monoprice.com. Another guy had my same BA 735s and got them to work on his iMac with these same connections. The iMac headphone port is a special headphone/digital Toslink mini combination output. Therefore, you'll need the optical Toslink to coaxial (RCA) Digital Audio converter. If you haven't already gotten them to work, then soon you'll be enjoying those great sounding speakers again!
Monoprice.com (4 digit number is their product ID):
(2948) Optical Toslink to Coaxial (RCA) Digital Audio Converter. This is a powered unit, converting optical to a coax digital signal.
(7240) RCA Plug to 3.5mm Mono Jack Adaptor - Gold plated. This attaches to the "Coaxial Out" of the Converter. After this RCA Plug is connected to the converter, you'll then attach your "green" headphone plug you cite above into the other side of the RCA Plug.
(1556) 3 ft Toslink to Mini M/M 5.0mm OD Molded Cable. This runs from the iMac's headphone port to the "In Optical" port of the Converter.
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