I'm looking at micro-atx boards for a build that I'm getting ready for and very few to none of them have a Coax or Optical sound out port. Two questions:<BR><BR>1) I have a kenwood receiver that I'm ...

I have a very nice (for my needs, anyway) PCIe sound blaster (a real one) in my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS box. Works great. But I have to take it out as I need the space it is using, for something else.

When building a rig, most builders optimize aspects of their PC such as the graphics, processing power, and storage space before sound. Yes, it is true that on-board sound has come a long way from ...