Games are more than just an interactive visual experience. The time and effort that developers spend in creating and incorporating immersive audio and soundtracks are not experienced to their fullest ...

A sound card allows computers to have sound. Pretty simple, right? But let’s dig deeper. Here’s a closer look at the tech that defines a sound card, and what to know if you want to buy one. Today’s ...

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 ...

Gamers often look to upgrade their PC gaming experience by adding sound cards. A sound card is an internal expansion card that has the capability to render input and output of audio signals to and ...

Whether your laptop is a state-of-the-art screamer that cost you thousands of dollars or a budget model that cost just a few hundred, chances are its speakers make it sound about as good as an AM ...

Just when it seemed like Creative couldn't possibly shoehorn any more functionality into its Sound Blaster product line, the company surprised us once more by reinventing its state-of-the-art Audigy 2 ...

Speakers connect to a laptop through an external sound card or integrated audio output jack. Windows includes a speaker icon in the system tray for quick access to your audio settings. If your ...

In the past, sound cards were installed to expansion slots -- a socket on the motherboard to which additional hardware could be inserted -- but most modern computers now feature an integrated chipset ...

At a time when many home computers included sophisticated hardware used to generate music and sound effects, IBM's first PC - designed primarily for small business use - only came equipped with a ...