Optical audio input to 3.5mm stereo output???

I was wondering if macbook pros can take a digital audio source (i.e. PS3) as an input and output to 3.5mm stereo to a set of analogue speakers, simultaneously.

Use LineIn from RogueAmoeba http://www.rogueamoeba.com/freebies/ to get audio-thru.
Stefan

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