An affordable external sound card proved to be more than an impulse buy, massively enhancing my sonic experience and ...

Stereophile magazine's John Atkinson loved the Asus Xonar Essence ST/STX sound cards. They are, by far, the least expensive way of turning a PC into a genuine high-resolution audio source. Ex-movie ...

You've got your trusty wired PC headphones and a computer primed for best sonic performance. But a quick glance reveals two connection portals: the friendly old headphone jack and a modern USB ...

Using the inputs on a computer’s sound card is an old trick to fake a very simplistic, AC coupled, slow oscilloscope. You can get DC operation by desoldering a couple capacitors, but if the sound card ...

AmazonBasics USB-Powered Computer Speakers with Dynamic Sound offer excellent, well-rounded audio for a rock-bottom price. PC speakers typically prove the maxim “you get what you pay for.” The ...

Having spent a number of years as the audio weapon of choice for computer sound systems, Creative has announced a couple of USB releases that will allow any sound card to benefit from its Sound ...

If you need to record or digitse sound professionally, you need a high quality analogue to digital converter. We test the PrismSound Titan - a high-performing, high-end USB audio interface A/D ...

I'm looking for a device to add 5.1 surround to my PC. The AMD APU doesn't support 5.1 over HDMI for whatever reason, only stereo, or I'd use my normal HDMI optical audio extractor as usual. I have a ...

Before the release of the Intel AC '97 standard, computer sound was frequently an add-on feature. To use anything other than a small, monophonic internal speaker, you'd need to buy a card that plugged ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Universal Serial Bus (USB) standard has been around for years and is what has made it easy for users to connect peripherals and other ...

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. 1. The system configuration shows how the functions connect to enable remote system control via the Internet, based on ...