Setting two audio outputs

Hi there,
Is it possible to set audio output to two sources simultaneously? I use Bose speakers as front speakers - these use an USB connection - and another set of cheaper speakers as rear speakers - these connect into the "headphone" hole. Is there a way to make my Macbook source the sound into both at the same time rather than selecting one or the other (under System Preferences / Sound)?

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you can hijack the audio from one application (or the system audio) and use Auxiliary Device Output effects to send the audio to additional output devices.

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soups230 wrote:
Having same issues with hdmi and optical. Any fix to this.
Hello,
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