So frustrated trying to get MacBook iTunes to stereo

Ugh! I'm so frustrated. I'm barely computer literate ... use a 2010 MacBook Pro(6.2) to check emails, read the news, use MSWord. That's about it.
I also have iTunes and a couple of crappy desktop speakers hooked into the earbud jack.
I don't watch television, so I never bought an HDMI TV ... still have a large tube TV that's just fine for watching the rare occasional DVD.
I do have a two or three year old Onkyo RT390 5.1 stereo receiver with multiple HDMI inputs. I really enjoy high-end audio quality from my many concert DVDs - to the point that I don't care that the picture is on an old tube TV. I care much more about the soundtracks and just listening to CDs than watching video.
Right now, all I'm trying to do is get iTunes audio from my MacBook Pro to the Onkyo so I can get quality music. I don't want to use the 1/8" jack because I've read the audio quality is not that great from the 1/8" jack ... and I also move the MacBook around a lot and it probably wouldn't be a few weeks before I damage the jack by repeatedly jerking the plug in and out.
I know nothing about Mini Display ports, ethernet, or Firewire 800 (jacks which my MacBook has) ... but I found an article about using the Mini Display port to get audio out to HDMI in on a stereo, but all the terminology went over my head and I was completely lost.
I also read up on Airport, but apparently without an expensive external DAC, that's a compromise in sound quality too.
Somehow, the solution is in getting digital audio from my Mac straight to the digital-ins on the stereo ... but I'm clueless on this stuff.
Can anyone simplify getting quality audio from the Mac to my stereo ... to the point where a techno-illiterate can understand the instructions and put this thing together?
And yeah, I've googled it. Have not found a single article that makes it easy and inviting to do. Every article I've found assumes exhaustive knowledge in terminology and interface standards.

Nope. Nix that. Airport Express is out.
Scrolled down the Airport Express discussions and saw numerous posts that suggest that the product does not work properly for streaming music under any circumstances. Frequent skips and jitters.
I have exactly one white hair for everytime I've heard a CD skip. I don't want any more.
Very large number of posts all saying the same thing.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4104819?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2687974?start=0&tstart=0
Looks like I'm back to learning about cables and such.

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