Runned

I just built a new system. Athlon 1.333 thunderbird, for my soundcard i bought a soundblaster live 5.1 value. I installed the drivers. and its recognizing my sound card, but when i go to play anything music or files,. all i get is a low his distorted sound. I can hear the music but its horrible distorted and low volume. I just pulled these speakers out of the box brand new so it shouldnt be that. Any help is appreciated thanks