Setting Output to Mac Speakers

I have a Presonus Firebox (audio/ MIDI interface) hoooked up to a G4 imac. I do not have any speakers aside from the ones on my computer, and those to not plug to my driver. From my attempts so far I have only been able to set the output to my Firebox driver, which is what my input is set to. That makes me have to hear the playback through headphones on the Firebox, or from a guitar amp hooked up to it, which both sound awful.
Could anyone walk me through how to hear the playback sound through the speakers plugged into my iMac while still doing audio and MIDI recordings with my Firebox? I know it's possible in GarageBand, although I'm having the same trouble in Cubase SX.
Joe

All I had to do was click R on the Channel Strip. I did not set up an Aggregate Device in the Audio MIDI Setup, just selected the Firebox, and experimented between the mac and device options for counting, which didn't seem to do anything. Once it was enabled for recording I could hear my guitar and metronome coming in the headphones and the metronome clicking through the speakers of the keyboard.
An Aggregate Device may not be necessary since there's enough delay through the Firebox when I'm trying to record I'll most likely do most recordings without any monitoring.
Thanks a lot for that little tip.
Now I was wondering, what kind of additional hardware or settings would I need to configure to keep the Audio level under System Proformance from getting too high? I've brought the synth voices down to 5. Anything else I can do? Thanks, again.

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