The rear speakers get surround sound but they sound like a pillow is over t

To start off I have a "Audigy 2 ZS"
After many hours of constant problems with my sound card I finally have got the Surround sound working on my games and machine though the rear speakers sound like, literally, their muffeled by pillows. I can get sound in to them finally but their so muffeled it just irratates me more then when the werent working originally. Yes I do have the updated drivers.
I thought this was my speakers at first, I have Logitech THX Z-5300e 280 Watts RMS 5. Speakers, so I returned them and exchanged them but the problem still exists.
Im at wits end and so far my experience with this sound card is rocky at best
If anyone has any ideas please help me out.
Pentium Duron .2 ghz
256 mgs of ram
Geforce 2 Video card
Audigy 2 ZS
Windows XP

I fixed part of my problem.
I must have hit the rear wire or something because it was loose and I plugged it all the way back in and now my surround works how it should.
However the rear right speaker doesn't work right. I don't know why but it's like someone has the volume specifically turned down on it (like literally 98% down) only and the other speakers are normal.
However if I move the rear right speaker (on the subwoofer) an dplace another speaker in it's place, it will work fine. So it's not so much that speaker as it seems to be specifically the subwoofer connection for the rear right speaker.

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