Digital audio is digital audio, correct? As in the the sound in
the source defines the number of channels, not the hardware? I'm
finally getting the stereo I want (I love my wife, best birthday
present ever!) with digital in and all that, but my computer doesn't
have digital out. I've had some motherboard wonkiness anyway, so
I was considering just replacing the motherboard and getting one with
digital out and a gigabit ethernet port, such as the ASUS A7N8X-E
Deluxe. The motherboard advertises as "6 Channels" which I assume
they mean 5.1. My stereo is going to be 7.1, but the digital out
on the motherboard will do just fine, right? There's not a
difference on the digital side because it's a straight pass through,
correct?<br>