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Audio output capabilities
The new Power Mac G4 supports multiple audio output capabilities. It includes an internal speaker, a powerful built-in amplifier for the new Apple Pro Speakers, a standard headphone jack for headphones or externally powered speakers, and USB and FireWire ports for third-party microphones, speakers and MIDI devices.

Feel like singing?
To hear the sound of your own voice booming out of the Apple Pro Speakers, just connect a USB microphone directly to one of the USB ports on your Power Mac G4. Want to connect an analog microphone to the Power Mac G4? You can do that with a converter box.

To plug them in is to turn yourself on. Because the Apple Pro Speakers combine Apple’s hardware engineering wizardry with cutting-edge Harman/Kardon audio technology.

The same performance-driven approach that made the Power Mac G4 the monster machine it is went into engineering these studio-quality speakers. In fact, it’s a speaker system so powerful that whatever kind of music you’re into — rock, blues, jazz, classical, heavy metal or anything in between — the sound will flood your senses.

Designed to work with the new Power Mac G4, the Apple Pro Speakers connect to Apple's proprietary speaker minijack on the G4 system using a single cable. The Power Mac G4 delivers 20 watts of floor-thumping sound (10 watts per channel) to the speakers.

The Apple Pro Speakers provide excellent sound quality with a frequency range of 70 hertz to 20 kilohertz. And if you’re an audiophile who likes to feel your music through the soles of your feet, you’ll be delighted to hear that the Apple Pro Speakers can be used with the Harman/Kardon iSub Subwoofer system for an even richer audio experience.

The difference explained
If you’re wondering in what way the Apple Pro Speakers are different from the speakers that come with the Power Mac G4 Cube, here’s a quick answer: While the Apple Pro Speakers look very similar to the Power Mac G4 Cube speakers, the Apple Pro Speakers get their power from the computer and thus require a system with an Apple speaker minijack (like the one that’s on the new Power Mac G4). The Power Mac G4 Cube speakers, on the other hand, are USB-powered and are designed to work only with Power Mac G4 Cube systems. Also, the G4 Cube speakers have an external amplifier, whereas the Power Mac G4 has an internal amplifier that supports the Apple Pro Speakers.

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