Soundblaster live! 5.1 low so

hi, a couple years back i bought a dell desktop that came installed with soundblaster li've! 5. sound card. i recently built my own computer and installed the sound card into the pci slot. now the sound quality isnt as loud as before. everything is turned up but it doesn't jam as much as it used to. my dell computer also came with 4 altec lansing speaker and a center/sub. all 4 speakers connect to the back of the center/sub and the center/sub has to wires (one green and black) that connects to the sound card and they are in the correct holes. the specs for my new computer: abit an8 ultra MOBO, sapphire radeon x850xt 256mb, 2 x GB OCZ Ram, amd 64 3700 processor, and seagate barracuda SATA 80 GB hard-dri've. what could be the problem? the card is fully in the pci slot and im pretty sure i have the right drivers.

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I have bought a new PC with an MSI k8n sli platinum MB. this mainboard has a built in soundblaster live!24-bit chip onboard. it works great on headphones and normal 2 set speakers (analog connection).
however, when I try to set them up at the DTT3500 speaker set, trouble begins.
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I tried with optical, it works, but only with 2 speakers (left and right / digital output is on). is this normal? If i look at the manual, it's typical used for gameconsoles with stereo left and right. I guess this is so with the DDT3500 decoder...?
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fourhooffarms,
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If you really want a better soundcard, maybe go for the X-fi XtremeMusic or XtremeGamer which utilizes the genuine EMU20K chip (with hardware acceleration). The soundquality is significantly higher than the soundcards with the CA006 chip.
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Official Creative Labs driver for Sound Blaster? Audigy? Value/SE/LS, or Sound Blaster Li've!? 24-bit audio devices
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