I’ll just come out and say it. I’m dumb. Clearly. I’ve been listening to music from my computer for ages. Longer than some of you have surfing the Internet, but I’ve never used a computer’s SPDIF ...

I've had an A7N8X ASUS motherboard (etc) for awhile now. I'm just now wanting to get an optical SPDIF connection to my stereo. My only digital coax connection is taken by my cable box, but I have one ...