Onkyo RN855 connection

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I've been looking at the onkyo RN855 with a pair of monitoraudio bronze 2's for my office, I can add a sub for more bass later as well but the budget won't allow at the minute. In terms of connection to my PC, would I best using optical or USB? Or would I be better getting a dedicated sound card and using line out to connect in stereo? Thanks.
 
Digital connection bypasses analog circuitry of integrated, so there's no need for separate sound card.
Optical connection also prevents possibility of any ground loop issues.
And while motherboard's integrated (assuming it's PC of your signature) likely lacks Dolby Digital encoding which would be needed for 5.1 sound, stereo works over optical as standard PCM.

If you want to use also headphones then sound card would have advantage over intergated.
(good headphones give good immersion in games with binaural sound)
What would offer the best sound quality though?
I do use headphones when everyone else is sleeping but I've only got akg k92's so nothing special or mega difficult to drive.
 
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