Does it have dolby headphone?
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Is the iMac sound card good enough?
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Does it have dolby headphone?
I don't think it does, it looks as though it's a straight up dac with amp.
The tricky question I think is figuring out how to get 5.1 out of your iMac. As it stands apple has no optical out on their iMacs. I know there used to be some kind of device that converted firewire into surround sound, but it's no longer available. It didn't use the convenient fiber optic cable either, it used a bunch of different cables, so it was meant for a multiple speaker system.
As I said earlier though, if you don't really need the virtual 5.1 when gaming, then you don't really need ANY external dac for the AD700s, because they hardly get a benefit from them.
The tricky question I think is figuring out how to get 5.1 out of your iMac. As it stands apple has no optical out on their iMacs. I know there used to be some kind of device that converted firewire into surround sound, but it's no longer available. It didn't use the convenient fiber optic cable either, it used a bunch of different cables, so it was meant for a multiple speaker system.
As I said earlier though, if you don't really need the virtual 5.1 when gaming, then you don't really need ANY external dac for the AD700s, because they hardly get a benefit from them.
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Yes they do. The optical/analog combo jack goes all the way back to the first G5 iMac, released in August 2004.
If your intention is to watch DVDs or play games, then yes I think it should work with 5.1, although I'm not 100% sure because I haven't done it myself. That said, I remember hearing at some point that Quicktime can't put out more than a two channel stream over the optical connection. It's a vague memory from a few years ago, so take it for what it is. I just thought it worth mentioning in case Apple hasn't fixed it yet, which wouldn't surprise me too much.