[goodolcheez]

Guys, I'm a newb to digital optical connection. 
 
How do you set it up??
 
Say you have an external DAC.
 
You have a set of speakers that have RCA Outs.
 
You have a Macbook Pro which I believe supports digital out.
 
 
My biggest question is I have no idea how all the cables connect to each other to "produce" "sound", lol.   Does anyone have pictures of the complete setup?
 
 
Where is the *starting point*?  Does it start from headphone out port on the Macbook?  I don't see optical out on the laptop. It doesn't exist...
 
And I don't see optical In on the speakers so how da hell do you connect optical connection??  it doesn't make any sense to me at all..... 
 
 
 
This is something I have been wonder for like 15 years?  I searched on the web and there is not a single picture of setting up such thing.  Is it top secret or something... I don't get it.

 
 
please advise.

 

[goodolcheez]

Nevermind...
 
I think I got how this concept works.   Run fiber optic cable from 35mm audio-out jack (using optical to mini jack adapter) from laptop that supports digital audio.  The fiber optic cable then connects to the external DAC, which acts as a receiver. If the DAC has only analog outputs (RCA Outs), then run RCA cable from the unit to the speakers that have RCA Inputs! 
 
 
Ha!
 
Did I get this concept correct?