This seems like the silliest of things to not be able to figure out.. but here goes...
 
I'm rebuilding a PC and the new one has all SATA drives.  When shopping for DVD/CD RW drives I noticed they don't seem to have audio connectors on them anymore?   If you put in an audio CD is it handled via the SATA connection or do I need to find a drive with an audio connector on it?
 
Thanks in advance...
Miles

Audio connectors were a way of directly linking analog output of a CD reader to a sound card through the electrically noisy innards of a computer. Virtually all of the optical drives now rip the digital data off the disc and send it to a software player running under the operating system and deliver it digitally to your sound card or other computer audio out. No need for "audio" connectors anymore. 

Ok.. that makes sense.  thanks