7.1 over optical soundcard

[shaanm]

Hi, I am looking for a soundcard that does 7.1 or 5.1 surround sound over optical/spdif, so i can hook it up to my home theater receiver (yamaha rx-z11). Does such a sound card even exist? My motherboard has an optical but it only gives out 2 channels. I dont want to use my motherboard's regular analog speaker output because when i hook it up to my discrete 7.1 analog inputs in my receiver it stops me from using multi-zone which i will be needing later to play music throughout my house. Thanks!

 

[Trashman]

This should work----> LINK