Audigy SE & Microphone Crackli

Hello!
I just purchased an Audigy SE, and everything seemed to be working fine. Sound works GREAT, but the problem is that the sound produced over the microphone is pure crackling. The program that's causing this problem is Ventrilo, and thats the only program I'm ever going to use for the microphone.
I'm running Windows Vista, and under the "Recording" tab, I've got S/PDIF-In set at the default. The microphone says it's currently unavailible. Now, I've set the microphone as the default device and turned the volume all the up, and tapped the microphone to see if it gets a response - it does. Then when I go into Ventrilo to test the device, no sound comes from the microphone at all.
What's the problem? The drivers are installed, and it's starting to really frustrate me since I had to replace my older sound card for issues like this.
PLEASE HELP!

Never mind. I looked through a search, and apparently the SE is designed for 600-ohm impedance mics. My HP-s are 2200-ohm. *starts looking for a new sound card*

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