So with these sound cards you won’t need any extra device to have SPDIF connectors. Only X-Fi Xreme Audio PCI Express and X-Fi Titanium (all models) have these connectors. Toslink) connectors available directly on the sound card, thus not requiring any of the devices listed above. X-FI I/O Console is connected to the sound card through an external 26-pin plug called “AD_Link.” Not all Sound Blaster X-Fi cards support this device and we will list below the ones that support it.
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X-Fi Elite Pro comes already with this console, so with this card you don’t need anything extra for having SPDIF support. Thru X-Fi I/O Console, an external device that costs USD 180 and provides everything that I/O Drive has plus high-impedance inputs for the connection of musical instruments such as electric guitars and other features.X-FI I/O Drive is connected to the sound card through an internal connector called “AD_Ext.” X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series comes with a different version from this panel, called "Gamer", that uses a different connector on the sound card, thus this sound card isn’t compatible with the regular X-Fi I/O Drive.
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Not all Sound Blaster X-Fi cards support this panel and we will list below the ones that support it. X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion Series comes already with this panel, so with this card you don’t need anything extra for having SPDIF support. This panel can be installed on any available 5.25” bay from you case. Thru X-Fi I/O Drive, a multimedia panel that costs USD 80 and provides other features besides SPDIF connectivity, such as MIDI and remote control.This is the cheapest way to add SPDIF inputs and outputs to your Sound Blaster X-Fi sound card. Besides the connection for this Digital I/O module, this jack also provides Line In and Mic In functions. Thru a Digital I/O module that costs USD 15 and is installed on a jack called “FlexiJack” on the rear panel of the sound card (this is always the top-most connector).
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On Sound Blaster X-Fi sound cards SPDIF connectors are provided with at least one of these five ways:
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Due to the massive amount of readers asking us how to use the digital audio (SPDIF) output from their Sound Blaster X-Fi sound cards in order to connect them to their home theater receivers or digital speakers, we decided to compile this short tutorial listing all Sound Blaster X-Fi models released to date and the available options for SPDIF connection. Creative Labs has always been one of the most popular manufacturers of sound cards and Sound Blaster X-Fi is their current series of add-on sound cards.