Speaker Sets & MP3 Players & USB

Is there a Creative Speaker system that will accept the USB output from my Creative Zen Xtra directly, without having to go through my PC?
I know I could just plug in the headphone output on the Xtra to an analogue stereo input on my Soundworks DTT3500 Digital. But I'm looking for a USB digital input, if such a thing exists.
I'm considering an upgrade, as my old DTT3500 is becoming a little unreliable.
Cheers,
RobAnt
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does not exist.
simply because you need a somewhat complicated software routine set up to do the USB transfer, and the Xtra, as will all MP3 players, will only work as a client, meaning that during USB transfers the computer does all the thinking.
To send the signal directly would mean the MP3 should be able to do the thinking, and the capacity of the CPU in the player is far from high enough for that
(if it could do that, nothing would prevent them from doing visual EQ's e.g. as well)

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    Over the years, I noticed that my MegaWorks 550 started hissing more and more. For anyone interested, i want to share my quest to find the cause.
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    Dear Creative,
    I would expect a €450,- speaker set like the Megaworks 550 to last longer than the three years it did before it started hissing. However, it's beyond the warranty period, so i'm not asking for any official warranty. But surely the least Creative could do, is help me fix it myself.
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    I'm not asking for a repair service. I want to fix it myself. I know that a lot of people sent their Megaworks 550 back because of this issue, so there are people within creative who know what causes it. Please, I just need to know which capacitor to replace. I wont contact you after that, even if the repair goes wrong or anything.
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