[bob]

On May 2, 10:00=A0am, nospaam wrote:
I am using a Toshiba laptop to feed WMP, Pandora, online movies,
YouTube, etc into my Yamaha HTR-5650 6.1 receiver (only using 5.1). I'm
going from the headphone jack to RCA in. The sound quality on this
current laptop doesn't seem near as good as previous laptops. What kind
of external equipment or plug-in card can I use to get high quality
audio? USB, Express Card, i-Link are available on laptop and optical/RCA
inputs available on amp.

Many thanks for any help.

Just get something like an M-Audio Transit. It's USB with an optical
output to your receiver.

bob