well if anyone has a sound blaster card above a 2 zs dont get too excited for dts... long exlanation i found...
"Perhaps I should rephrase for you. The Audigy 2 ZS decoder does not properly support DTS 5.1 surround music. I have listened to numerous DTS music discs via the Audigy 2 ZS decoder and MediaSource player and it either produces inferior distorted sound or simply static noise. Please do not take my word for it. Feel free to do a Google search and see how many unhappy Audigy 2 ZS users there are when trying to enjoy DTS music discs.
Now, here is the dismal part, as Creative Labs cries foul with Logitech?s external decoder, Logitech says the same regarding Creative?s decoder. Therefore, you have both companies pointing the finger at each other. As the Audigy 2 ZS fails to properly support DTS music, Logitech?s 5500 decoder does support DTS music to some extent. Though it is clear by the ?DTS? displayed on the LCD, the Logitech decoder has a problem with the tempo of DTS music. In other words, it plays the music too fast. It sounds as though the chipmunks are singing each song. I am told that DTS music is played at a rate different from a standard wave, or MP3. Again, it is clear that the music is in 5.1 surround because the sounds are emanating from all five speakers. Therefore, Logitech 5500 and Audigy 2 ZS owners have two options. Listen to DTS music discs in sub-par Audigy mode, or listen through Logitech's external decoder in 5.1 surround "chipmunk" mode. Undoubtedly, frustrating given the fact that I paid $500 for high quality listening.
The crux of this matter Jeremy is that there are untold links, forums, and complaints of users just like myself who are absolutely perplexed by this lingering problem. However, referencing the threads within your own website, surely tells a different story. Unfortunately, these problems continue. Let me ask you, does Creative Labs perform compatibility testing?
I have scoured your website and wasted countless hours trying to ?enable? PROPER Audigy?s support for DTS music. Because there is no application within the Creative Labs suit that indicates the operation of DTS, I have no way of knowing that DTS is actually enabled. Therefore, I am forced to simply play it by ?ear.? By listening by ear, I know that DTS is not functioning properly under the Audigy 2 ZS decoder. I have tried your MediaSource player, PowerDVD6, WinDVD6, NVIDIA DVD, Windows Media Player 10, and ensured that DTS Neo: 6 is enabled. Again, no dice with DTS under your product. Perhaps, we should focus on ?Quality DTS decoding? going forward. As you clearly believe, the Audigy 2 ZS supports DTS music, it does not. That is, to the extent that the user is embroiled in true DTS 5.1 surround.
Please prove me wrong, I beg you. Specifically, explain to me how and in what specific hardware and software configuration the Audigy 2 ZS utilizes DTS music in 5.1 surround. Feel free to link me to one of your step by steps that details how to enable DTS 5.1 surround sound music. If I am wrong, I will have no problem retracting or updating my statements. However, I have attempted every suggestion and procedure here and elsewhere with consistently awful results. To reiterate, my configuration is the Audigy 2 ZS with the latest software updates across the board. I have the Logitech 5500 5.1 speaker system and I am connected using the Digial Out on the back of the Audigy 2 ZS. Lastly, as your customer, I want YOU to figure out what is going on between the Logitech 5500 speakers and the Audigy 2 ZS. Creative Labs is a large enough company that they should be capable of addressing competitor?s products from a compatibility standpoint when used with the Audigy 2 ZS. "
