Speakers for new iMac G5

I'm planning on purchasing the new iMac G5; do I need to purchase external speakers, or does the iMac come with speakers?
iMac   Mac OS X (10.4.3)  

Spinnn,
I am sorry to say that I don't have that sound. I very rarely boot my system though (only for updates etc). I am assuming you checked all of the connections to make sure they are tight? The first time I hooked up the speakers I didn't relize they had shapes on the inputs to make sure they went into the left and right jacks. Stupid me. It is just possible you have a bad output jack on the iMac. You tried other speakers and heard the same thing. Have you tried another electrical outlet? Have you taken the speakers and out them on another computer?
Happy Holidays!!!
Tempus

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