:/ I must say, between their lack of support for Vista (which they promise to rectify), and this lack of passthrough, which makes the SPDIF-in useless to me, I'm really not happy with my Montego purchase.Montego DDL combines cutting-edge technology, audiophile sonic-quality and an unprecedented array of features to deliver PC audio performance normally reserved for the finest home audio equipment. I guess I'll be using a dumb combiner after all, if I want surround from my 360. quote:I'm sorry, I'm not terribly familiar with audio tech, so I may be getting redundant.Is there any setting on the XBox 360 that will let it send the kind of audio the Montego can support in passthrough? quote:I'm not sure, but maybe 'Stereo' or '2 Channel'?Maybe someone at Microsoft would know? And that is the end. These audiointerfaces are meant for professional audio content production, costbetween a few hundred and two-thousand dollars, and are beyond the scopeof products developed for consumer use by Turtle Beach. Tothe best of my knowledge, no *consumer-level* (inexpensive, easy to use)soundcards with S/PDIF In will accept AC3-encoded audio into theircircuits.Some (but not all) pro audio interfaces with optical S/PDIF In may beable to accept AC3-encoded data at their digital inputs. The Montego DDL's Digital Out WILL passAC3-encoded audio data through its S/PDIF Out.'AC3 Pass-Through' DOES NOT include accepting a DD/DTS-encoded signal atthe S/PDIF In and sending it out, unaltered, through the S/PDIF Out. This is to differentiate from a S/PDIF Out that will onlypass PCM-encoded audio data. The AC3(DD/DTS-encoded audio data) is 'passed through' to the DD/DTS decoderfor decoding. quote:'AC3 Pass-Through' is when an AC3-encoded digital signal is transmittedfrom a DVD Movie disc, out through the S/PDIF Out, and to a playbackdevice with a Digital In and Dolby Digital Decoder. quote:Does that mean that the Montego does not support Passthrough? If so, is there any way to 'daisy chain' with the Montego? My home theatre only has one optical in. It was copied accidentally from another product. quote:Thank you for pointing this out to us. I have directly communicated with Turtle Beach, and this is what I have. In case anyone else was wondering, that link from Turtle Beach is wrong.

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