Surround sound options for an Intel G5

I'm just wondering if there are any. Currently using a Firewave which, for me, has gotten less and less reliable (if I shut down, I have to go into Audio MIDI setup
and re-configure it for the Firewave-otherwise it forgets-and forget about Dolby Prologic II !)
I have a QuadCore Intel G5 with a set of Logitech z 5300 speakers, OS 10.5.8 and 2 gigs of ram, if that helps
thanks
John B

yeah, thanks direwolf8
looks like that's gonna have to be the route I'll be going in future
MacPro-->optical,analog connection-->crappy reciever-->speakers
Funny-I thought I smelt a market for this kinda thing-turns out it was only
burnt toast.....
J_B

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