Coax digital output in X-Fi sound ca

Hi everyone!
Since I am founding severe problems to listen correctly my audio-dvd records I am seriously considering to change my SB Audigy 2 ZS for a X-Fi sound card in the hope it will work properly. But I can not find out what of the X-Fi sound cards family will give me the outputs I need. I need a coas digital output to connect to my HT system, for the DD and DTS media, and the three analog output, for the audio-dvd media. All the specs I have read talks about the digital optical output present in the cards, but no mention of the coax output. I don not want those add-ons that offer multiple I/O conenctions in the front of the computer, I would like the old system with all the required connections in the rear of the PC. Could any of you confirm if any of the X-Fi sound cards family has those connections? Or, even better, could any of us put some light on the problems I am having to listen the audio-dvd media?, it seems a sw problem, that causes crashes of the Creative Audio-DVD sw, the Power DVD 6 & 7 player everytime I try to play such a format. The DTS or DVD are played correctly, even when my Windows XP Pro SP2 seems to have some problems when selecting the digital output of the sound card. Are those problems still present in the X-Fi solutions?
Best regards.

HSE wrote:
Excluding the XtremeGamer, all the X-Fi cards have coax SPDIF-out via flexijack, if you already have the mini-to-RCA cable or adapter, it's the same as in an A2ZS. The problem is that, unless you can find a retail XtremeMusic (which is being discontinued), only cards with I/O dri've or console can decode DVD-Audio. Besides, Audigys and X-Fis use the same DVD-A player, if the latest version (2.00.75) BSODs on you, it will probably do so with an X-Fi.Have you tried processor affinity settings for the DVD-A player? it solves the BSOD problems in some cases.
First of all, thank you very much HSE for your reply.
It is great to know that the flexijack provides with one coax SPDIF-out, I was most uncertain about it since in every spec page I have found all it is explained is "Flexijack: Line In / Microphone In / Optical Out? via shared 3.5mm mini jack" (c&p from the Creative spec page) that only remarks the "optical", not the "coaxial".
What is a bad surprise is what you say about the XtremeMusic, that it is not easy to find. I thought that all the X-Fi family had the same compatibility with DVD-A. Then, if I buy a Xtreme Gamer, for instance, I will not be able to decode DVD-A?. I thought that all I needed was the three analog outputs to deli'ver the audio signal to the external decoder...
Finally, I have to say that I do not get a BSOD with the DVD-A player. It did not recognize the DVD-A as a correct media, and get some kind of crashed, shooting an exception taht is caught and handled by the Visual Basic Suite. The latest version does not shoot the exception, it just not recoignize either the DVD-A. If I use the PowerDVD sw, it only recognizes de DVD format, not the DVD-A and, if I keep on trying, it eventually stop working at all. But not a BSOD. I will check what you say about processor affinity wit DVD-A player, although at this momento I do not know what are you talknig about :-) I will do some SOG :-)
One discouraging point is what you say about Audigy 2 and X-Fi using the same DVD-A player, since I have the feeling that everything is related with the sw. I do not know if is something related with any Windows or Creative sw upgrade, but some months ago it was working perfectly until it stopped to work. Fortunately I have only a few DVD-A, but the ones I have I would prefer listen them in DVD-A instead of "simple" Dolby Digital or even DTS.
Once again, thank you very much for your time and help.
Best regards.

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