Intel imac line out hifi trouble

Hello all, i just tried an unsucessful search and decided to just post my question. I bought an imac intel duo a month or so ago. I was not impressed with the speakers so i bought the apple hifi to go with my ipod and also plug into my imac. Everything worked fine for about 3 days. Then any audio output coming from the computer is messed up. It is just garbage coming over the line. I unplugged the hifi and it plays fine with the ipod and the internal speakers for the imac work fine. Also when i plug in a pair of head phones the imac line out sounds the same garbage as the hifi. Can the line out jack break on its own. Also i live in north louisiana and the closest apple store in 3 hours away in dallas. I have the apple card plan for 3 years, but i really don't want to drive all the way to dallas. If anyone has heard of this or has a fix please email me at [email protected] I can't guarantee you i can find this thread again to read the response if i get any.
bye and up till now i have loved my imac
roland

I bought the applecare package, and they are sending someone out to take a look. I removed parallels and windows xp virtual computer, Although, i would like them back, if they caused the problem, it didn't correct it when parallels when bye bye.
Anyway, hopefully this applecare rep, will be a smart fellow and know his stuff, and not rip apart my machine. I am kinda worried. Anyone had any experiences with applecare outcall tech's. Let me know, i always prefered the incalls better myself, but this is my first time again.
Don't know if anyone got my lame pun, but any feedback about applecare would be apprecieted... And i will update the result and if the problem is solved, i will change the status of my question to answered.

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