RCA to Optical Converter

@jkampmeyer 

Something is not making sense here.  Here is a link to a Onkyo TX-8050 receiver currently on eBay.  Is this what you have?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/406013771468?_skw=Onkyo+TX-8050&itmmeta=01K1ENMJTDYR410M8VBE5NXHTB&hash=item5e884e7ecc:g:n6YAAeSwFWNoYsIr&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1dBZCneLj95Ml8n5aqNVNIxLqd3k3THPrvQLztbKdZ301s6kTb%2FleXmAXiYPCOynk1NneRXysap%2BhrK58mDAGv%2FNJ8h3qgSc2PE9SJr1kmAvIOvzOAubVrbnLARheAdPH1YspNul09OogyLsvw%2FJTWJIJWh3%2BEmoUOEeIpB8yQWt66Td0aG68Rvt1TT5wGhpEKc7VF3qiSgqfjuPDj3gBA%2FgoxMioKSNQFuL00sLJNnCJR7DXpUGyP138dq73HQNfr9sZHJdIH8v0zocuyVmR%2FecUYjd0ukS3%2BAiVPF4WT3xg%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR86t0tWLZg

These are speaker level outputs from the receiver and the soundbar needs a digital output in optical form. If I have described this correctly above I would start anew. This seems difficult to achieve and many better options should be possible like ditching the soundbar with its limitations.

@Jbs - Oh good catch, for some reason I thought these were preamp outs. 

OP:  If this is coming from a modern TV, why not go from the TV to the sound bar directly? 

@jbs and @erik_squires

Based on what I see on the back of the receiver and according to the manual, there are a set of preamp outputs as well as a set of preamp outputs for a second zone.

@jkampmeyer - I'm going to ask a dumb question, so please don't take it the wrong way...  Are you referring to the big round red and black +/- speaker connections as RCA connections?

Legit question, why would you use a receiver with a soundbar? What are you trying to achieve? Best use of a soundbar is HDMI from the TV to soundbar. I just can't understand why you would want to us an amp to another amp (powered soundbar)