Audigy 2 zs and boston acoust

I have audigy 2 zs and boston digital speakers 2.
Compatible?
I have sound only in my headphones.
I have digital only checked. Tried it both ways.
I had to buy a stereo mini plug to RCA connector. Yes its plugged into the digital out.
These speakers worked with my old Montego sound card and no connector was needed.
Anjy help on this?

It sounds like the driver installation is corrupt. Try uninstalling all your Creative software and then reinstalling it from the CD. The 5. option should reappear. Then you should be able to upgrade to the latest version via the web update.

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ok, I have an older gGateway comp that came with some Boston Acoustic speakers. I recently bought another tower (HP) with Windows XP Media Center Edition software, and I added a sbli've 24 bit card to it. Currently I have a KVM switch (which allows me to use keyboard, mouse, and monitor, etc.), so I'd like to be able to use my same speakers (I just have to move the cord). Anyway, I though it might be a problem with setup (Media Edition Software), however I have another comp (compaq), that has sbli've 24 bit card, and it won't play them either. I have tried everything that I know of (checking Digital output, 2 speaker, 4 speaker setting etc. ) fyi, it is a 2 speaker system.
http://users3.ev.net/~ahls/bass.jpg -- also, I can't change the bass/treble settings, is this normal? - thx, sosaman
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you regarding the inoperability of their speakers. The Boston digital speakers do not directly require drivers to work but rather rely on the soundcard for processing. This is where the problem lies. If the speaker system was functioning properly before the system upgrade and both green lights are illuminated, there is likely nothing wrong with your speakers. You need to make sure that the soundcard is configured for digital output. If the soundcard is configured for digital or if your computer manufacturer has informed you that you need to upgrade drivers in the system, you will need to contact the manufacturer of your soundcard for these drivers. Below are links to both Creative Labs (SoundBlaster) and Gateway. There you will find new drivers that will allow your sound card to work with Windows XP. For instructions on how to perform the driver installation, please contact your soundcard or computer manufacturer.
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Some name brand systems shipped with a special Li've! Value card that was made to work
with digital speakers. If you system shipped with a Li've! Value and you have digital speakers you will need to use drivers provided by your system manufacturer. If you use the drivers on the Creative website your card will no longer work with your digital speakers.
If you have a set of Boston Acoustic digital speakers that came with your system and they are not working with your sound card, make sure you have it connected to the digital out on the card. Also make sure that the digital out is enabled.

You, sosaman, are my hero of the moment. Your post brought me the solution. I went to Gateway's site and profiled my computer for changes to my system since purchased and it saw that I had installed XP, and offered me some new drivers for my Creative Labs sound blaster Li've! Value card. I picked the one that looked the newest, installed it, and rebooted. But no sound.
Then, I remembered your post, and decided to click the "digital output only" choice in the advanced section of the volume control, and the ding that I heard almost knocked me out of my seat.
So, if you have a Gateway and Boston Acoustics and upgrad to XP, get yourself a new driver from Gateway!
Thanks again, sosaman!

No Sound from my Boston Acoustic Speakers

My Boston Acoustic BA7500G speakers and sub woofer simply don't work with my (relatively) new iMac Intel Duo Core. I'm running Tiger OS X 10.4.10. These speakers/subwoofer work fine with my PC, and a cheaper set of Yamaha speakers I have lying around work fine plugged into the Mac. I've tried switching out wires, powering up and down, etc... Is there a software issue or upgrade required for my soundcard or operating system?
Any (useful) advice would be greatly appreciated.
Chump
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Re: SB Audigy 2 ZS and Windows 7 - Full Package driver?T While Creative has written new drivers and some applications for Windows 7/Vista for the Audigy, they have not re-written or updated all of the original applications on the CD. This card is very old now. What Daniel K. did was take all of the applications or most of them, and tweaked them to properly install and include themselves in the registry on operating systems other than Windows XP. For the full and most recent package, check here:
http://forums.creative.com/t5/Sound-...009/td-p/53838
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I just purchased Halo 2. In Vista 64-bit, it sounds horrible using an Audigy 2 ZS. The problems come when the action picks up. The sound comes in and out. Sometimes, it cuts out all together. Come on Creative Labs, get us some decent drivers!!

Hmm, odd. I play Halo 2 on XP x64 using an Audigy 2 ZS and I have no odd sound issues. So, I'm surprised it would be any different in Vista with x64 vs x86. I mean even in XP there are a few little tricks to getting it to work in x64 over x86 (not going into that here) but none of them involve sound issues.
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.Audigy 2zs Gamer and Windows Vista / Windows 7? Hello, I am just wondering if it is a known issue to have really loud static and crackling when playing games using this card in Vista or Windows 7. I had this issue playing Bioshock a few months back on my Vista boot. I never figured out a way to resolve it so I belei've I just eventually uninstalled the driver and used the card without a driver install (not sure but I think this what I did). It worked but I might as well of just ran onboard sound...
Now I have installed and tried to run Windows 7 on a dual boot but I started receiving really loud cracking and popping in Warhammer Online and realized I had not installed a driver for my sound card. I did not expect creative to have a Win 7 driver yet but thought perhaps the Vista driver would work in compatibility mode, it does and sounds awesome and really makes me remember what I am missing without my driver installed on Vista but unfortunatly it randomly starts the crackling and popping again after a while...especially when a lot start happening on screen (pvp raids with many characters on screen and magic effects).
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Ok, I just installed Windows 7 Enterprise on a new HP XW 4600 workstation (NL, Dutch). This is a clean install. I have a Audigy 2 ZS (SB0350) and I dont have the surround mixer. Here is what I did:
?Install Windows 7 Enterprise and take all the pathes from Microsoft.
2.
?Intall the Audigy 2 ZS soundblaster? card in the computer
3.
?After the boot up I ingnore the message ?found new hardware?
4.
?I go to the Creative website and download the following programs
SBAX_PCDRV_LB_2_8_00 and WAVESTD_PCAPP_LB_7_2_00? which are recommended for my sound card.
5.
?I cant find the surround mixer, it is even not installed
6.
?I try the ?webupdate? there are some updates and I install them all
7.
?Again no Surround Mixer.
Can someone explain what I do or did wrong ?
I realy need the Surround Mixer !!

/Re: Audigy 2 ZS and Surround Mixer in Windows 7? i got problem with recording any sound. Recorded sounds are terrible. Sometimes playing sounds are terrible too. i should restart pc for fix playing terrible sound.
i found 2 third-party driver but i didnt tried. Because of decription of 3rd-party driver ;
There is no DirectSound hardware acceleration on Windows XP 64-bit (x64)
The Audigy driver does not support 64-bit addressing, disabling the DirectSound hardware acceleration and causing multichannel sound to be played only in the stereo channels (front left/right).
Workarounds:
- install the 32-bit (x86) version of Windows XP.
- limit to less than 4GB the amount of RAM available to Windows.
- enable the ?Memory Hole? setting in the BIOS Setup, if your motherboard supports it.
Microphone issues on Windows 7/Vista 64-bit (x64) with 4GB?of RAM or more
Audigy driver does not support 64-bit addressing, resulting in random issues with the Microphone (static, robotic or distorted voice, white noise).
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- install the 32-bit (x86) version of Windows
- limit the RAM available to Windows to less than 4GB
- enable Memore Hole in BIOS Setup, if?your motherboard supports the setting
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Hello. Maybe you can help me:
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The tests for the THX console for audigy 2 complete succesfully altough it keeps me saying that my side speaker and sub aren't wired correctly (polarization test). The channel and noise testing goes ok besides that.
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is Dolby digital EX in episode really works with 7. configurations (region 4)?
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It's that all right that the sound from 5. tracks (DD or DTS) is played from the front and rear speaker and not in the side ones?
Note:
The supoused wiring problems repeats itself even if i change the connector of the the side speakers with the rear ones (that are soppoused to work fine). That means (i think) this problem isn't caused by the speakers wiring (i think i made it ok) could it be that the 7. cable is deffecti've?
What to do? Please Help me
Creative Staff: where i can go to check this on Mexico city? is there any sopport center where i can go and get some help?
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My guess is that your PowerDVD and WinDVD versions don't have ES support and you're using the programs to decode. This might be the case if you are configuring the programs for multiple speakers. If you are, try configuring them for SPDIF output, then make sure the soundcard is configured to decode AC3/DTS (it probably is). Does that help?
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Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS and Logitech 5.1 Surround So

Hello everyone, this is my first post on these forums, so I thought I'd just start out by saying hello.
I also have a bit of a problem. For the past several months I've had a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS and a set of Logitech X-530 5. Surround Sound speakers hooked up to my computer. For a these past few months, only two of my speakers have been functionable.
I know they're not broken, because I can plug in separate cables into a certain plug and either my two front speakers will work, my two rear speakers will work, or my center speaker will work. And yes I do have the most recent drivers for my card. :P
If anyone would be able to help me with this problem, I would really appreciate it. Thanks!
By the way, here's a picture of the X-530 Speakers I'm using, just in case anybody needs to see them for reference:
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Turn on CMSS if you have not done so.
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Best EAX Effects with SB Audigy 2 ZS and Headset?Hi,
I have reinstalled Windows XP SP3 lately and installed just the Audigy_SupportPack_3_8 as driver for my Audigy2 ZS. I have a Sennheiser PC50 headset.
Now I can't get EAX to work.
The EAX setting in game is enabled and it sounds different than without it but I can only distinguish left from right but not top from bottom and front from rear.
Am I lacking any driver component?
How do I setup the audio device in Windows? Headphones or 4 speakers?
Do I need CMSS 3D? CMSS or CMSS2? Even if the game supports EAX?
What about optimize 3D-Effects for headsets? I use a headset, so I should enable it's
And also I can't find the suround mixer, is this not included in this support pack?
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Re: SB Audigy 2 ZS and Windows 7 - Full Package driver?T While Creative has written new drivers and some applications for Windows 7/Vista for the Audigy, they have not re-written or updated all of the original applications on the CD. This card is very old now. What Daniel K. did was take all of the applications or most of them, and tweaked them to properly install and include themselves in the registry on operating systems other than Windows XP. For the full and most recent package, check here:
http://forums.creative.com/t5/Sound-...009/td-p/53838
If the application you want is not included in his package, then you can try downloading the official Creative version and install it on your system in "compatibility mode" by right clicking the file, and choosing properties, and then the compatibility tab and choosing "Windows XP service pack 2 or 3" and it may or may not function.

Audigy 2 ZS and Windows ME: switching to VXD drivers from WDM driv

Recently changed my sound card from an Audigy 2 to Audigy 2 ZS. OS is Windows ME. I used the VXD drivers with the old card and have been having lots of sound troubles that I have never experienced with a Creative card (distortion, sound sticking, etc.) using the WDM drivers and wanted to switch to the VXD drivers to see if this might correct problems. Have tried using CTZAPXX from original Audigy 2 ZS installation CD, but VXD drivers are grayed out.

I know it must be possible to switch to the VXD drivers, because on the Creative downloads page is a driver update with fixes "after switching to VXD drivers using Driver Utility."
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Do you have an onboard audio processor? If so disable it in the BIOS and try to install the drivers from the CD first. Then head to Creative's web site and use the Auto Update option to dowload new drivers. If this does not work try installing the drivers from?a different driver if you have more than one. Some dri'ves that are defecti've or dying only install some disc contents before failing.?Hope this works for you!

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Guru's,
I've got a problem getting a sound from my Audigy 2 ZS card in combination with an external digital mixer and a digital cd player. One channel of the mixer receives data from the PC (Audigy 2 ZS) and one channel receives data from the CD player. The mixer is connected to a dolby surround system- dvd player that connected to the speakers. When I try the digital out I don't get any sound, when I use one of the analog ports I do get a sound. What is here the ideal set-up and why can't I use the digital out ?
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Dmob wrote:
Guru's,I've got a problem getting a sound from my Audigy 2 ZS card in combination with an external digital mixer and a digital cd player. One channel of the mixer receives data from the PC (Audigy 2 ZS) and one channel receives data from the CD player. The mixer is connected to a dolby surround system- dvd player that connected to the speakers. When I try the digital out I don't get any sound, when I use one of the analog ports I do get a sound. What is here the ideal set-up and why can't I use the digital out ?Here's also a picture:<IMG src="http://www.delier.demon.nl/Conf.bmp">
Do you mean, you do not get digital out from Audigy?
If yes, then have you set Audigy for digital output?
See Audigy User's Guide for options (if you don't have one, you can download it herefrom.
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Audigy 2 ZS and Digital I/O module compatibili

Hi,?Looking to build a HTPC and thinking about using the Audigy 2 ZS as my sound card. I have a question about it though. Accourding to this- - http://us.creative.com/local//produc...es/sbchart.asp?the Digital I/O module is not compatible with the 2 ZS. I downloaded the manual for the Audigy 2 ZS and it says to use a 3.50 mm (/8-inch) mono-to-RCA cable and I cannot find one of those anywhere, and it appears to me that the Digital I/O module does basically the same thing. So will the Digital I/O work with the 2 ZS or does anyone know where I can get that 3.5 mm mono to RCA cable, it has to be a coaxil digital cable though.
My goal is to have Dolby Digital sound just my my DVD player I have now only with my PC so I can have one media hub, my HTPC. Also if anyone has built a HTPC and has a good setup please reccomend Im open to all suggestions,? Thanks for anyhelp at all.

sprint_9,
Yes, you're right. The Digital I/O module isn't compatible with the Audigy 2 ZS soundcard.
You should be able to find a 3.5mm mono to RCA cable easily from your local audio/electronic stores if not, you can also get a 3.5mm stereo to dual RCA cable for the same purpose. Take note, only one end of the RCA cable has the audio signal(Sorry, can't remember whether it's the white or the red end).
You can also find such cable from online stores like this.
http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/RCA-mini-spdif.html
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