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 ...

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 ...

Andrew today takes a look at the Creative Sound BlasterX G6 - the sound card that works with PC, Xbox one, PS4, Nintendo ...

Settings like high-bitrate audio, high-impedance output, equalizer, and surround sound effects are often better handled ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sound cards have been a staple in PC gaming for years - whether they’re internal, external, or built into the USB connection of your fancy gaming headset. Today, we’re looking at a portable sound card ...

The commoditised PC is the most versatile tool many of us will own, and since it has been around for a very long time it is also something that can be found for free or very cheaply if the latest ...

Controllers Huzzah! Microsoft no longer makes the best PC controller and it's been dethroned by a brand you may not have heard of Motherboards Best gaming motherboards in 2025: these are the AMD and ...

It is possible to generate the German time signal DCF77 at 77.5 kHz, as demonstrated in this article. We feature a PC as ...