No External Speaker Option.

I've had my Bose speakers for 3 years now. All of the sudden my iMac only has an internal speaker option.
The Bose only work through the headphone jack now. Thoughts?

well they do work with the audio out port (the "headphone" jack I spoke of). and that's how they've always worked (as it should.)
however the option now reads as:
( PREFS/SOUND/OUTPUT: HEADPHONES/HEADPHONES PORT)
Why doesn't it say EXTERNAL SPEAKERS like it used to, is my question. + I think the speakers sound worse. Maybe they are just finally going bad.
Oh yeah and Final Cut ALSO only has internal speaker playback option.
Tried the Audio MIDI before I decided to post this thread.
All devices are BUILT IN devices. Shouldn't there be an external output?
Anyway, thanks!
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