Use iMac speakers as center speaker?

Hi,
i'm considering migrating from PC to an iMac (late 2013) but i don't want to lose my 5.1 setup which i spent my life building.
I'm evaluating some alternatives and one of those is this one:
I own a yamaha amplifier with DTS/Dolby decoder. I'd like to use a TOSLINK cable to connect the iMac to the decoder in a 5.1 setup (i know this is working).
The output of the amplifier would be: Front Left, Front Rigth, Rear Left, Rear Right and Subwoofer.
I'd like to use the iMac built in speakers as the center channel (both of the iMac speakers, of course).
I know about the Audio MIDI Setup tool which allows a huge number of different connections between different sound interfaces.
I googled a lot before posting this discussion but all i could find were tutorial about aggreation of ANALOG outputs.
Is it possible to use the optical output for the surround (except center) and the built-in speakers for center channel?
I might consider building a statue to the one answering this

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