Sound cards!?

Hi,

My optical out on my onboard soundcard hasn’t been working for the last couple of days having just purchased a pioneer HTP-GS1
I was on a bit of a mission to make it work having tried everything!
I decided to pull oaf my GFX card and reseat the cable that connects it to the Mobo

When I turned my PC back on a got sparks and smoke! :(
The cables that run from my Mobo to the Optical out had disintegrated! Literally

The rest of my pc (Inc on board sound) works fine :)

So anyway the question is....

The speaker system has got a phono input as well

So am I going to notice a difference in the quality of sound by using a phono lead instead of an optical one!??

Also anyone got any suggestions on good sound cards with optical outs!??

Thanks
Dave!

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So am I going to notice a difference in the quality of sound by using a phono lead instead of an optical one!??

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No, not from anything your computer is outputting anyway.

I found that the creative sound blaster range are good to go by never had any problems with those