Cables from Mac to Stereo Receiver

I would like make a wired connection from my Mac to my stereo receiver to use iTunes.
I have seen many references to using "cables" to connect the two but I have had no luck finding a cable to connect from the computer outputs (USB, etc) to my receiver inputs (Onkyo 674: digital optical, digital coax, hdmi, etc).
I'd prefer not to use the headphone jack as I assume other connections would be more robust. Is this a correct assumption?
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

Thanks H-Time! So you're saying that due to the
compression of the original files to AAC, using the
jack out would not make much difference? OK.
Trouble still is the only cables I've seen have the
jack out and a single input that I don't believe I
have an input for in my receiver.
Thanks for the input! And I hope so too!
There are may break out cables that have a single stereo
miniplug on one end and RCA audio plugs for two channels. Surely your receiver has RCA inputs?

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