Question about MegaWorks 250D Speakers

This is weird. I am getting sound from my subwoofers but no sound is coming from the two speakers. Does anyone have any idea what the problem could be? I have an Audigy 2 ZS card.

Mattrc,
Have you try both the Audio Input and 2 on the subwoofer? Do they show the same symptom also? If yes then most likely the speaker is faulty. I would suggest contacting support for services.
http://us.creative.com//support/custsup/
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I have no complaints. The sound this small 2.1 set produces is amazing! The 300 watts (RMS) power can shake the whole house - x50W + 2x75W are more than enough! Movies, music, games, everything sounds great - bass is deep and clear, mid-range is good, high frequences are clear! There's no noise and no distortion (I have connected the system to an SPDIF digital connector on my sound card), the Signal-to-Noise ratio is 99 dB, and the frequency response of the set is extremely good, too!
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This system was a present for us. Maybe we were lucky, but I am very happy with the build quality of this Creative spaker set. Until we have broken one of the satellites ourselves, yesterday, everything was OK, and the sound it produced was amazing all these years...
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After exchanging several messages with official Creative Support, I feel a bit disappointed... For years, I have believed that Creative is a company that makes amazing audio products. They probably still do, but now that I am a customer who owns an expensive product of theirs, but with expired warranty, they don't want even to suggest a solution that can work for both parties!
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