RCA 7.1 soundcards for the Mini?

Hi,
I (just a few hours ago) bought the Creative Labs Inspire P7800 7.1 audio system for my Mac Mini. It was on special so why not. It's just that now I need a decent sound card to run more than 2 speakers from it. I've been googling around and it's becoming a huge headache considering i have no clue. Is there anyone out there who's familiar with the product? I believe it only handles RCA inputs (5 wires + 1 auxiliary input) to run.
are there any good USB or Firewire soundcards that split the signal into 7.1 or 5.1 well?
Thanks

The m-audio Transit will give you a digital optical audio out of your Mac mini to a stereo/decoder for 5.1 audio. But, for 7.1 you'll have to step up the to the Sonica Theater and plug your speakers into it.
-Doug
[EDIT] The Sonica Theater is now gone from the m-audio Web site. I guess it's been discontinued...

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