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 ...

It’s the question on everyone’s minds: Your PC can produce pretty decent audio without your having to spend a dime on new hardware, so why the heck are we advocating doing just that? Because you’ll ...

So you've gone through your checklist of components you want to purchase for building your new PC. You've read all the reviews and carefully selected the right models for your budget. Every part seems ...

The circuit is aimed to build a computer sound card with input line in order to use a two mono stereo microphone. TLC272 – a precision dual operational amplifier with low offset voltage drift, low ...

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 ...

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 ...

Putting vacuum tubes in a PC might sound a little like adding a hand crank to a Porsche, but at least one company thinks it might be the future of computer audio. Taiwanese components company AOpen, ...

I've got a win7 x64 system that I need a sound card for. Who else is making PC sound cards other then Sound Blaster brands? I've have poor results from 3 of SBs line up, I figure driver issues mainly.

One of the biggest reasons for playing older video games on original hardware is that emulators and modern controllers can’t replicate the exact feel of how those games would have been originally ...

Like the title says, I'm planning to build a $900 (excl. keyboard, mouse, monitor, operating system) gaming-oriented PC. I know the Ars Budget Box guide just sticks with integrated sound, but I have a ...

Computer speakers provide audio functionality for your computer, allowing you to listen to application and media sounds or to provide sound for an audience during presentations. Most computers have a ...

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