DDTS-100 + Zalman 5.1 headphones...will be good ???

Hi guys, i have a mobo with Soundstorm2 and i heard that this card has a excellent digital output....so i want to buy a DDTS-100 decoder to connect with my Zalman 5.1 headphones.....what do you think ?
Thanks in advance for any opinions

I would be careful about the Zalman ZM-RS6F headphones. I don't know if the same problem exists with the newer cards, but I have been having problems with Zalman ZM-RS6F-M headphones interfacing to my SoundBlaster (SB) cards. I suspect it may be that the Zalman interface may not match the standard 3 plug 5.1 surround sound interface.
For my money, if you want good surround sound in a headphone I would get the LTB-USB headphones. If you want a microphone with them, get the LTB-USB-M headphones. They sound great and installation is a snap.
Any way, back to the Zalman's:
I currently have two systems, one with an Athlon 64 3500+ running an SB Live! 24 bit and another with a P4 3.02Gig running an SB 6 bit (or 4 bit's -- it came from my Gateway) card.
The Zalman headphones sound very muddy when connected to the 24 bit card, the volume is very low, and I don't seem to have any bass. In 5.1 mode, there seems to be fairly good location for FL, FC, FR, RR, and RL speakers, but there is no sound when the subwoofer activates. When in Americas Army (AA), you can't even hear anyone walking.
The Zalmans sound a little better with the 6 (4?) bit card, but still are rather muddy and the lack of bass is less noticeable. For many uses, the sound can be fairly well corrected by boosting the bass and treble. When using AA, while footsteps can be heard somewhat, directional sense is worse and footsteps still are way too muffled to be noticeable -- they are much harder to hear than with our old Plantronics stereo speakers.
I am guessing that there are several possible causes for this problem:
1) Interface Incompatibility: When looking at the docs for the SB 24 and the Zalman headphones, I noticed that while the Zalman docs label the 3 plugs as Front, Rear and Center (I assume they are referring to the front, rear and center drivers in each of the headset cans) while the SB24 labels its receptacles as 1,2,and 3. My limited understanding of the typical 5.1 interface is that:- Plug carries both sides of rear (or front, I can't remember)- Plug 2 carries both sides of the other (front or rear)- Plug 3 carries Front Center (FC) and the Subwoofer
If the SB is using the third receptacle for FC and Subwoofer and the Zalman wants it to be Right Center and Left Center, this could be a problem.
2) Impedence Mismatch: I could not find the output impedence of the SB 24 on the site so I was unable to check on whether there is an impedence mismatch between the Zalmans and the SB. If anyone has this information could you please post it's
3) Incorrect driver settings
4) Defective Material: Either the SB 24 or the Zalmans could be defective. (Note: the SB 24 works just fine in stereo headphone mode)
Any assistance in diagnosing this frustrating problem would be greatly appreciated.

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