I'm also confused as to what you mean by "SR receiver". And when you mention "50% HD and 50% my music library", does that mean that 50% of your music is on a hard drive, and 50% is on physical media (such as CD's)?
Assuming you're trying to connect a computer sound card to a receiver, the easiest way is to get a receiver with digital input capabilities (any home theater receiver can do this), and connect the digital out (either Toslink or coax) from the sound card to the digital input on the receiver. Let the receiver do the D/A conversion.
Or, get a Squeezebox, then hook up a network cable (or use wireless) to the Squeezebox, and then either analog (L+R channel connnections) or digital (single coax or optical link) connections to the receiver. The advantage of this method is that it also works when you want the receiver in a different room than the computer.
Michael
Assuming you're trying to connect a computer sound card to a receiver, the easiest way is to get a receiver with digital input capabilities (any home theater receiver can do this), and connect the digital out (either Toslink or coax) from the sound card to the digital input on the receiver. Let the receiver do the D/A conversion.
Or, get a Squeezebox, then hook up a network cable (or use wireless) to the Squeezebox, and then either analog (L+R channel connnections) or digital (single coax or optical link) connections to the receiver. The advantage of this method is that it also works when you want the receiver in a different room than the computer.
Michael