Audigy 2 ZS/Headset/5.1 speakers con

Is there a way to have only the voice in games come out the headset and game sounds out the surround sound? I love the headset but the sound quality is not good for games. And I don't want voice coming out of the speakers because it is kind of weird and distracting to others, like having the phone on speakerphone; I don't want people listening in on conversations and such. So anyway, was just wondering if anybody has found a way to do this yet, if not what is the closest thing I am going to get to what I am describing.
BTW the headset is standard, non-USB with one miniplug for mic and one for headphones. The speakers are the three miniplug orange/green/black kind.
Thanks!

Same problem with the Audigy (first edition). Here's what I've found so far:
If I connect the headset to either the front or rear 5. -output- on the back of the Medusa amplifier, with the amp off, the rear distortion vanishes. I made the connection using the "cable D" that came with the headset.
I've tested this with all three channels (plugging the headset into each front/rear/center output one at a time) to test the distinct speakers in the headset.
No distortion from any of them, but the front and rear speakers are definitely different in terms of bass/treble - the bass seems much stronger from the front headset speakers, and treble is stronger from the rear ones. The rear speakers seem to have a thinner sound overall, possibly part of the distortion problem when connected to the amp.
According to the Medusa manual, the front and rear speakers have the same specs (different from the center and subwoofers), but I'm not so sure after trying this.

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