Technical > Audio/Video Chat > moving from 1st gen Audigy to X-Fi Audio Card - lost 4.1

said by pfschim:

I just got a new system - running Vista32, put in a Creative X-Fi card to replace my old systems original Audigy.

I had a decent Cambridge Soundworks 4.1 speaker setup on the old XP based system that worked fine. I used the digital out jack (mini jack out on the Audigy card to a DIN adapter, DIN jack in on the sub unit) That all worked out very nicely.

Now, I used the same mini jack out from the digital out on the X-Fi card, into the same DIN jack on the sub, but I can only get 2.1, not 4.1.

I went ahead and connected the rear speakers into the front speaker clips, so I am getting output, but only in a much more limited stereo field.

Any ideas what went wrong ? I guess I could just go back to the original Audigy card, which had very good output, but you'd think that the newer chip sets in the X-Fi would offer some improvements.

Thanks for any help in advance.