External USB sound device with SPDIF In?

Hi all,
I would like to know if Creative has any external USB sound cards with a SPDIF interface that works with Windows 7. I have an Extigy, and as I know it, it will not work with anything newer than XP.
I need a USB card with SPDIF input to bridge my Astro b.yond 5. SPDIF audio to my 5. speaker kit. For various reasons I cannot change the existing sound card in the computer.
Please help.

I don't know that sound card or application software, but the usual reason for this is that somehow you have reverted to the Microsoft wdm drivers rather than the asio ones you need for multi channel use.
This sometimes happens with some usb interfaces if you have connected the interface originally before installing any drivers. Removing any drivers associated with usb audio and then re-installing them might be worth a try.

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