Logitech z5500 and creative soundblaster l

Hi All?I have had the creative soundblaster li've for sometime and jsut decided to buy a set of 5. thx speakers. After alot of reading i decided to go for the logitech z5500 as they apealed to me the most. But i have one problem I am using the triple audio stereo cable to connect the speakers to my soundcard, when i perform a test through the creative software it only detects the left and right speakers. Is there something im doing wrong here cause it would be nice when performing a test that all speakers are detected. But the sound seems to be there and sounds good?Hope someone can help!!

Yeah, cant anyone answer this. I have the exact same problem here(except I am using Audigy 2 ZS). I reinstalled the drivers and software 3 times, still, same. As a matter of fact, ever since I updated the drivers, the sound quality has gone down.....How is it that Winamp would be able to send sound to all my speakers yet, the utility for the card wouldn't ? Makes no sense at all !! Anyone wants to try to make sense of this.
Thank you.Message Edited by phild on -23-200604:7 PM

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Digital connection won't get you 5. channel in games or in normal usage. You will only get 5. output when the source is actually a 5. encoded material such as Dolby Digital 5., DTS 5., etc... If the new speaker you're getting has 5. analog connection, I would suggest going with those instead of Digital.
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ThaDanus wrote:
Well, the thing is, I bought my pc second-hand, and I never got any cd's for drivers with it. And I'm almost certain the soundcard I have wasnt pre-installed, since it's a creative soundblaster li've! 5. card. But like I said in my previous post, now that I have found the driver (not on the creative site but on a driver-site), its working fine again. Just a little disappointed that I couldnt find the driver on your website
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http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&message.id=272
You can also go through this mod --> http://www.tech-pc.co.uk/audigy-2.php --> you be able to get
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