X-FI Titanium + DDL Encoding + SPDIF Out Configuration on Windows 7 x64

?My setup - I have an X-FI Titanium running on Windows 7 x64. The optical out of the X-FI is connected to a splitter - one goes to my speakers (Logitech z-5500) and the other goes to my headphone amp (Astro Mixamp). I'm running the latest beta driver and daniel's last support pack, along with the latest DDL and DTS packages.
When I enable DDL encoding in the creative panel, it says I have to set the default device to be Creative X-FI (Speakers). Why not SPDIF out? If I set SPDIF Out as the default device, I get no sound. If I reboot, I get a blue screen.
If I set speakers as default, I get sound from both the speakers (if I connect analog) and optical out. I thought this configuration wasn't possible anymore on Vista/Windows 7?

they dont want you to use spidf out because the console doesnt control it and doesn't give you any enhacments at all. either turn the software volume control to 0, or unplug them.

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hi there!
http:// forums.creative.com/t5/Sound-Blaster/X-Fi-Titanium-HD-stop-working-and-recognized-only-as-quot-High/td-p/56979
as you can read I had the same problem as yours,my sound just gona after moving my mouse to get my pc back on from sleep mode,I tried everything,reinstall,dri've sweeper,reinstall graphic card,nothing seemed to work.
anyway I did a restore to factory settings from windows 7 restore(basiclly its a format with new and clean windows).
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try another clean installation of windows BUT dont let windows automaticlly install updates from windows update,choose the "never install drivers from windows update" option,you can find it in my computer proporties in advance systam settings->hardware.
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dagdedan,
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