ubuntu sound to hi-fi amplifier

[Stephen]

D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> 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.
>
>   
My mother board does not, so I need to look to a sound card.
> 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.
>   
My receiver is an ONKYO 656 circa 2001. The manual says nothing about 
S/PDIF, but it does refer to digital coax.

I know the optical works, so that is why I was leaning in that direction.

Thanks
Stephen
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