Mac Forum / General / Hardware / December 2006

For the 2nd time I bought a monitor that has built-in speakers that the

manufacturer implies is to be plugged into the sound card of the
computer (usually shown as headphone output).  This time it is into a
Mac sound output (shown as a pair of headphones).  The first time it
was into a PC sound output, but once again the sound is so thin and
lacking in volume that it almost sounds like a speaker plugged into the

line-out of a receiver.  I don't see any place where you can get a
booster amplifier solely for this purpose.  What am I seeing here.  Can

anyone explane the reason for this Phenomenon?  Is there a way to
EASILY boost the sound.  I am not interested in a set of extra speakers

at this time, just a way to boost the sound into these built-in
speakers.