Equalizer for DDTS-100

Why doesn't Creative sell an equalizer for the DDTS-100 that could take in the speaker outputs, equalize according to preset buttons on the equalizer panel, and then feed the equalized signals through an optical output to the DDTS-100? I realize you could run everything through the PC, but training a non savvy computer user to deal with that is cumbersome if not impossible.
If Creative has no equalizer that is hardware based, does anyone know of any third party product that could take the three speaker signals, provide equalization, and then provide the equalized outputs to the speakers?

I appreciate your desire to hear the recording the way the creators intended to be heard. The problem is, you won't. You don't have the exact same speaker system they had, with its unique strengths and weaknesses, and you can be assured that whatever you play back on your speakers, it won't be what was recorded, at least not to a discriminating ear.
The point of an equalizer is to compensate for weaknesses in the playback system, not to remix the music to your liking. Of course if you occasionally try to alter the sound, that's not a crime either.
Anyway, your solution is to feed a DTS or Dobly 5.1 signal to a computer, decode on the computer, equalize on the computer, and playback on the computer?

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my speakers have only RCA jacks for the satellites to connect them to the amp,and the amp have 3 assebled wires,3.5mm ones...my soundcard have also 3 connectors for the speakers,no digital output or optical,..only 3 connectors for the 3.5mm...so will i be able to connect it and then will it be able to reproduce sound like it was doing before?
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You're pretty much left with eBay. There's one on there now. It's at $62.50 with less than a day left. I searched everywhere on the internet for weeks to no avail. I even researched the international route, but it was way too expensi've. I finally got LUCKY on eBay and picked one up last week, brand new, with Buy it Now for $99!! It had been listed for only an hour when I got it. Chances are, you'll have to pay a premuim, since it has been discontinued. Good luck.

Question about the Headphone Jacks on the DDTS-100

This is probably a strange question, but I am goona ask anyway...
Anyone know whether the headphone jacks on the DDTS-100 gets Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Pro Logic II? I know it supports it for speakers, but I am unsure about headphones.
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Thank you both very much for your help!
Yes, I was considering pluging it in exactly as ya just mentioned connecting the headphones via the speaker ports, since the Medusa Headphones do have the same plugs as the 5.1 speakers.
Soo, that might work then? Cool! ty
Now that I look at it, the headphones instructions on the cords on the net mentions pluging it in exactly like that.
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DDTS-100 Squeelching Problem

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ronmojohny wrote:
(as I stated in the first post, I'm not using a computer or compuert speakes) I have an expensi've McIntosh system with Klipsch speakers and a Klipsch powered subwoofer.
Oh yes, sorry. The crossover is in the computer soundcard settings which of course, you won't have.
To test the sub you could try connecting another channel to the sub input, say the centre. If you hear the bass component of the centre channel at a decent volume level then you know the problem is not with your amp/speakers but with the ddts-00. If this is the case, then I think you should contact technical support. If you look here,http://forums.creative.com/creativel...message.id=722, someone is having a similar problem, but they clearly say that the subwoofer output on the ddts-00 works fine with movies, so maybe yours is faulty.
EDIT:
I've found an examle of a crossover that is designed for 5./6. systems. I have posted a link to it in the above thread.Message Edited by pjc on 04-8-2005 0:32 PM

Help.. What sound card to go with ddts 100??

HI everyone,?I just bought my samsung lcd tv and i am very anxious to get the ddts-100. But the problem now is: What sound card should i get? Get a Xi-Fi Extreme Music or just a cheaper soundcard will do since the decoding will be done by the decoder. Can anyone advise on this? I hope to spend lesser on the sound card but if it is really needed then i will get good one. Thanks.
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Bear in mind the DDTS-100 will only decode Dolby and DTS (and their varieties). That is, it will happily decode the surround from a dvd (assuming your soundcard and software passes it over the digital) but it will only get stereo when gaming or using CMSS for music.
So, the DDTS-100 is a great partner to a standalone dvd player, games console, and whatever else you have hooked up to the tv. It will also play nice when watching dvds on the pc. It has a good upmixer for music and stereo tv too. If thats roughly what you had planned then it will fit that role nicely. Its also more convenient than switching manually over to the pc (with the switcher box) when you want to use it instead of the decoder.
If you were planning to do everything on the pc then it may be a bit pointless as your soundcard and software could do it all instead. Also, i suspect the quality will be better from a decent X-Fi than the DDTS-100 but havent got around to doing a comparison yet.

Connectivity 5.1 to ddts-100

Can ne one help me? I got the decoder since last 20 days. Not getting the sound effects the way i wanted it. I m haivng philips 5.1 sonic edge sound card (psc605), and 5.1 inspire 5200 creative speakers and got new ddts-100. When i connect ddts-100 through my sound card i cant see LED of DOLBY and DTS fucntions on. I cant use or go the selection of DTS or DOLBY on decoder, even by pressing the appropriate switch on ddts-100. My motto for decoder is to play mp3 songs and music on PC. i dont want to run DVD or ne external sources with the decoder.. Well i can say.. with or without decoder sound effects stays normal. No change in sound effect. Well i m not sure, but i did analog connection and Coaxial connection with the pc. but still DTS and DOLBY function inactive on decoder. I can access movies , music, cinema modes from decoder selection.. but tat's no meaning to hear with that. I want DTS and DOLBY. Please advice me if there's ne extra cable needed or nething else must needed.. please specify exact thing to get these kind of setting on my decoder.

Ok, I will start from the beginning with the basics:
The DDTS-100 is a decoder. This means, it can only decode a signal and put it through to a speaker system. It is NOT an effect box, a soundcard, anything else than a decoder.
What do you get with the DDTS-100? The main unit, switchbox, cables.
How should you connect everything? You connect the switchbox to the main unit. Then, connect the soundcard's analog outputs to the switchbox. Then the speakers to the switchbox. Then any peripheral components such as DVD player, X-Box or the soundcard's digital out to the main unit.
Now what?
You have two settings on the switchbox. Why? Because as we have said before, most digital out soundcards can only produce 2 types of signals digitally. That is a PCM Stereo signal or an encoded data stream (either DD or DTS). If you play a stereo source such as an mp3 file and send it out as a pcm stereo signal you will only hear it from the left and right front speakers. So if you want to send discrete multi channel audio from your soundcard you have to use the analog output and set the switchbox to PC-mode. This effectively bypasses the DDTS-100 and plays the sounds directly from your soundcard to your speakers. However, if you have a dolby digital signal or a DTS signal coming from the computer, you can set the switchbox to Decoder-mode, the soundcard to SPDIF passthrough and digital out and the DDTS-100 will take the DD or DTS signal and send them to the corresponding speakers + light the DD or DTS on the main unit. Make sure to connect the soundcard with a coaxial cable, an analog output cannot send out encoded data streams. The DDTS-100 will decode the data information and send the sounds out to the correct channels. It will not do anything else. It is not made to do anything else. The best thing when listening to music and games is to do it in PC-mode using the analog outputs of the soundcard. You can, if you really really have to, play it in decoder mode and use either neo:6 or dolby prologic II on the main unit to upmix the stereo source.
AC-3 is not a music format. I doubt you will find any ac-3 encoded music files since mp3 or wma are the most common formats. Your best way of finding AC-3 material is on a DVD.
I think the best thing for you is to find out what the DDTS-100 is meant to do, and what it is not meant to do.

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