Cambridge Megaworks THX 5.1 550

Hey All,
Ok this has changed alot since i was last here.
Basically i got speakers 3 years ago from Creative. The volume control continually died and i was messed around for an entire year
BEFORE
I got my new speakers to say sorry for the fuss which was a set of the above speakers
Now im in third year at University and i have a major digital project to work on.
And for some bizarre reason, this morning i turned on my PC like usual and my speakers are completely distorted.
Im sorry yeah, but these speakers are meant to be good. When i got them "I want something thats just going to last with 5.1 sound until after my final year when i can actually afford to replace the crap Augidy card (with the drivers that dont work) and the creative speakers for a better make such as ASDA - Smart Price.
There is no way any representative from Creative can reply to this and tell me that every piece of hardware i have had from creative has either been dead on delivery or breaks within 9 months has been my fault.
I wouldnt even mind but its not like i rag my system at full blast.
The drivers are not the problem. I have just spent all morning using the official drivers, modifying the Audigy 2 drivers, used the KXAudio driver and tried another 2 random drivers.
I have on board Nvidia sound, i tried using that instead of my soundcard.
Distorted.
I removed the speakers from my PC and attached a Aux from my TV to my speakers.
Distorted.
So basically the speakers are dead yet again. Yet again. Do creative products really have a life span of 9 months?
I cannot afford to wait around like i did last time where it took 2 months and 2 failed modules just so i could get my work done.
I really need this fixed as soon as possible. I have done nothing to abuse these speakers and if anything i have made sure no one abuses them on full blast and still it dies.
This is obviously awkward due to the fact my original system invoice has a different set of speakers. Although i did end up working my way to the top of the creative support team. Something im not prepared to waste time, money and effort on again.
I need someone to start helping me with a replacement system as soon as possible. I have no hesitation to be a **bleep** like last time either if i feel im being mugged off which i hate to say, seems to be creatives set of values. Build pish hardware with no working software and then send the customer around in circles with promised phone calls, ignored emails and generally just ignoring the user after a product is purchased.
All i need is to pass my degree and then me and creative can go our seperate ways. Again this is an on going problem so starting at the bottom of the technical support chain is of no interest to me. I refuse to pay 50 quid to send back faulty speakers, fair enough if i had anything to do with the death of them but i didnt. As far as im concered sending me speakers to have yet more headaches over is something that i wont tolerate.
Any help would be grand.
Cheers.
Clark.
Message Edited by a-scotsman on 06-05-2005 01:36 PM

Also, one of the wires has packed up and I cant find any on creative's website... It is speaker to sub lead, plugs into sub with a Jack and splits into 2 different wires (black and red) to make 2 separate connections to the back of the speaker. Anyone know where they are sold (dont really fancy getting my wallet raped by PC World)?
Cheers

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