Active speakers with optical receiver

[bluckshot]

I have a 2 active speakers I want to use in conjunction with the optical on my receiver(Computer>optical>receiver>RCA connection to what?>active speakers). The speakers have Both RCA(balanced?) and quater inch unbalanced outputs. The optical is going from my computer to the receivers video 1 in. The receiver doesn't have any quater " connections, only RCA, however I do have quater to RCA converters if need be. What should I connect the RCA from the speakers to on the receiver?

 

[kanewolf]

The receiver should have tape out or pre-amp out. That is what you would connect to powered speakers.

 

[americanaudiophile]

As kanewolf says you can use the analog out of the PC but if you want to improve the sound quality and use the optical output you will need a DAC to convert digital optical to analog for your speakers. There a lot of these at a huge spread of price. Many use USB instead of optical. Here is one example
http://schiit.com/products/modi-2