ubuntu sound to hi-fi amplifier

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Stephen <stephen-d-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>

| My amplifier has a much better quality DAC than anything I would expect to
| find in a computer sound card, so that is why I am looking for digital out.

Some motherboards have S/PDIF outs and some don't.  Usually (I think)
they are RCA jacks with an orange core.  My only modern desktop with
an Intel chipset has such a jack.

I think that few motherboards have TOSLINK (i.e. optical).  My AppleTV
does (and no S/PDIF).

I guess that you should read the manual for your motherboard.

Many cheap soundcards support digital-out.  Do check if they have Linux 
support before buying them (advice I ignore, with some bad sonsequences).

Why do you prefer optical over regular S/PDIF?  I noticed a while 
ago that Monoprice sells converters.  I don't know about other choices.
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