Plugging speakers into headphone jack on iMac

I tried to plug in audio engine a5+ speakers into the headphone jack of my iMac and it doesn't work. The speakers work with my iPhone but not iMac. Headphones work with the iMac, so I know the problem is not that. The sound output switches automatically from headphones (when they are plugged in) to digital out when the speakers are plugged in, but no sound. Do I need to buy a dac?

To try and clear this all up.
Basically the system should not be reporting that the output connection is digital in this case. The speakers in question use analog audio in so unless you have digital audio from the Mac going to a converter to convert the signal to analog for the seekers what you are seeing is wrong.
The most likely cause of the problem is the cable you are trying to use. Is it the cable that came the speakers? Is it the same cable that worked on the iPhone?
If so you could have a bad audio out connector on the Mac even though it is working with the headphones. The easiest thing to do is to try a different cable. If you still have the same problem post back.
good luck
reagards

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