Looking for an iFire

Thumper Long

Hi Folks,

just wondering if anyone here has an iFire adapter that they no longer have any use for or know where i may purchase one, cant find them on ebay, they were made by Griffin. Basically I need one to run my Apple Pro speakers off my Mac Pro. Any help greatly appreciated.

Rgds

Thump

P.S. I'm not looking for a freebie

Ham'nd'egger

Thumper Long wrote: »

Hi Folks,

just wondering if anyone here has an iFire adapter that they no longer have any use for or know where i may purchase one, cant find them on ebay, they were made by Griffin. Basically I need one to run my Apple Pro speakers off my Mac Pro. Any help greatly appreciated.

Rgds

Thump

P.S. I'm not looking for a freebie

Thumper, does the Apple Pro Speakers feed off with a mini jack connector? ie the same as is on a headphone? If so, would an usb external soundcard do?

Thumper Long

It uses a proprietary connector called an Apple Speaker MiniJack, the only macs I ever saw them on were the G4 iMacs and PowerMacs, is a digital output and speaker connector has a sleeve at the top that provides power to the speakers, like the apple ADC connector did for monitors.

babypink

as an alternative to the iFire - the PowerWave (also by griffin) will also do the trick for you. It's a USB audio card but it has a built in amp which, i believe, will happily power the pro speakers.

it looks like there are also problems laying paws on this.

Thumper Long

thanks for that i cant get my hands on either of them, will just have to keep looking hopefully may find one on ebay someday.

440Hz

Probably wont get much of a better response compared to here but try:

http://www.adverts.ie/showcat.php?cat=25

and

maybe here http://www.adverts.ie/showcat.php?cat=31

I remember these gadgets. I had an iMic which at the time I could not live without. I hope you manage to get your hands on an iFire.

Thumper Long

Yep hope i manage to dig one up, I love the apple pro speakers, they look so much more appley than the JBL creatures or soundsticks, thanks 440 ill give adverts a try.

damo86

http://www.applefritter.com/node/3904 if your brave!

Thumper Long

thanks damo but I dont fancy chopping them up, it would be like painting the sistine chapel ceiling white.

damo86

no worries, cursing seeing this thread now because just remember I have a set apple pro speakers and now I WANT to get them working!

*off to trawl the interweb for ifires*

Matt3141

I see them regularly for around US$100 on eBay. Sometimes they go for as much as $200-$250!