ITunes seems to be broken, only get stereo sound

Hey all,
I use Windows XP Pro with the latest iTunes version and for several iterations of iTunes now, it only play in stereo mode (two speakers) and will not take advantage of the true capabilities of my PCI sound card, a Creative Audigy Gamer.
In Windows I can set the sound card to play in 'Quadraphonic Speakers' mode and I can play CDs with Windows Media Player and get the full effect I should get. I fire up iTunes and it only plays through the two 'front' speakers and absolutely refuses to play as it should with all four speakers going. It used to work a few iterations ago, but an iTunes+Quicktime update sometime past seems to have broken it!!
I have completely removed the Audigy drivers and the card, then re-installed all of it, because I know that the favorite response from folks is to do this first, so please don't tell me to do it again as I won't...unless you have some additional, deeper suggestions that might do it, of course!!
Personally, I think iTunes is broken, but I have no proof. Anyone else having this issue or knowof a fix?
TIA,
Just Me Here

Try right-clicking or Control-cicking the iTunes application and selecting "show package contents".
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