X-fi Xtreme music + Z-5500 speaker probl

Goodday people,
I have an X-Fi XtremeMusic and i've always had a 6. Surround sound set from Logitech on it, so recently all of a sudden my left channel started to crack badly, it sounded really awefull, and when hooking up my headphones it did the same. S
o naturally i figured my set was broken as it was already 4 years old. So now i purchased a Z-5500 set and when i hooked it up and set my XtremeMusic to 5. surround sound my front right speaker doesnt seem to work, when doing the pink noise test on the speaker it seems to work just fine, i just cant get sound to come out via pc or xbox360.
Besides that my center speaker cracks badly without reason, so i thought it might be soundcard related as it seems to be the same kind of crack my old speaker setup had.
im running out of ideas and things to try so id be gratefull if someone could help me figure out what is wrong and if the problem lies with the soundcard or the speaker setup.
Thanks alot,
Vincent.
*** oops i automaticly posted this in the speaker section as it also has to do with my speakers, i apologize for the inconvenience. i hope this can be moved.***Message Edited by VincentS on 2-23-200704:34 PM

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