Creative Gigaworks S750 with Xbox 360 and PC

[Overslop]

Hey lads,

I have a Creative Gigaworks S750 which I have connected to my PC via a Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic sound card. The sound is incredible and ideally I would like to be able to use these speakers for a Xbox 360 too. I've noticed that the 360 can output 5.1 digital sound via a cable. Unfortunately Creative made a bad move by not including an optical input on the Gigaworks. However, there is a way around it. You can buy a Creative DDTS-100 which seems to do the job, but it does cost around £100 delivered.

I have two questions. Firstly, will this decoder allow the PC and Xbox 360 to output 7.1 sound through my S750 without having to switch around anything every time I wish to use the other device? And secondly, is there an alternative decoder I could use? £100 is a bit steep for just allowing connectivity and it's an old model too! But I have thusfar been unable to find a suitable alternative.

 

[Overslop]

Does anyone at least own a DDTS-100 who can vouch for its quality?

 

[Scarylion]

works fine for me

 

[Si MPS]

Works well for me, i just use the upmix function on *** speakers for 7.1

I use my Xbox360 through it, excellent stuff

Although, the subwoofer on my first set died, creative replaced it with an entire set

And now i have all the old S750 speakers plugged into an older creative sub.

 

[Overslop]

Thanks guys, I reckon I will get one these.

My subwoofer died too. It was a refurbished model and out of warranty but thanfully the company I bought it from were generous enough to send me a replacement anyway! I just hope this one doesn't die on me too!