[SOLVED] Passive speakers to custom Mini ITX

[TheBabyNinja]

Hello,
I have built my first mini ITX pc. It has been an exciting journey and I want to stretch it a bit further integrating the audio part.
I have this pair of old but great Apple Pro Speakers that sound really good and want to hack them to connect directly to the pc. It s this spherical transparent speakers, pretty iconic.
I found a way to get around the custom apple power/input jack on this website:

Apple Pro Speakers - can we fix them? - The Laser Hive

In 2015 Macworld Magazine called these speakers “The best speakers ‘Apple’ ever made”. The Apple Pro ‘eyeball’ speakers were introduced with the Digital Audio Power Mac G4 and mostly shipped with the iMac G4 – also known as the Sunflower or the Lampshade iMac. The design complemented that of...

thelaserhive.com

There we see that the speakers are finally "linked to the output of an audio amplifier. At the moment I have mine wired up to a bluetooth amplifier like this one:
https://www.verical.com/pd/dfrobot-amplifier-ic-development-tools-dfr0803-7593972
This board will provide signal and power up the speakers recognizing their required voltage.
This board though requires 4speakers cables to be plugged in (in an old fashioned way). And it needs an external power supply.

My goal is to have that board replaced by a component within my mini ITX. Maybe some type of audio card which permits speakers cables to be wired in, and that would also power up these passive speakers.

I have looked it up on the web, but I cannot figure it out. It would be great to receive your advise!
TBN👣

 

[kanewolf]

Hello,
I have built my first mini ITX pc. It has been an exciting journey and I want to stretch it a bit further integrating the audio part.
I have this pair of old but great Apple Pro Speakers that sound really good and want to hack them to connect directly to the pc. It s this spherical transparent speakers, pretty iconic.
I found a way to get around the custom apple power/input jack on this website:

Apple Pro Speakers - can we fix them? - The Laser Hive

In 2015 Macworld Magazine called these speakers “The best speakers ‘Apple’ ever made”. The Apple Pro ‘eyeball’ speakers were introduced with the Digital Audio Power Mac G4 and mostly shipped with the iMac G4 – also known as the Sunflower or the Lampshade iMac. The design complemented that of...

thelaserhive.com

There we see that the speakers are finally "linked to the output of an audio amplifier. At the moment I have mine wired up to a bluetooth amplifier like this one:
https://www.verical.com/pd/dfrobot-amplifier-ic-development-tools-dfr0803-7593972
This board will provide signal and power up the speakers recognizing their required voltage.
This board though requires 4speakers cables to be plugged in (in an old fashioned way). And it needs an external power supply.

My goal is to have that board replaced by a component within my mini ITX. Maybe some type of audio card which permits speakers cables to be wired in, and that would also power up these passive speakers.

I have looked it up on the web, but I cannot figure it out. It would be great to receive your advise!
TBN👣

I searched in text and images and didn't see a speaker power amp on an internal card. I think you should look for an external amp.