5.1 Speakers not working!!!

Hello everyone... I have a 5.1 surround sound system but i only get 2.1 sound out of them when i listen to music in iTunes... I have changed the settings in quicktime etc... No luck... any help is greatly appreciated!! I even took my first set of speakers back because i thought the speakers were messed up! lol thanks for the help!

iTunes probably plays through the front 2 speakers only because audio is only played in Stereo. Surround sound (5.1) is for movies, gaming, etc. If you still want sound out of your rear speakers (which will just mimic the front ones) run a search as I have come across a few threads on that topic, although drivers seem to have a play in that.
I have a weird problem, though. Instead of getting the stereo like you do (which is what I would LIKE to get) I get sound out of my LF, LR, CF, and RR speakers, but not the RF! I posted this question on another thread as well, so hopefully I'll get an answer to how I got such a screwy setting.

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