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 ...

PC-specific audio solution from Cirrus Logic combines smart amplifier and low-power codec for enhanced speaker and headphone listening experience AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--COMPUTEX TAIPEI – ...

For laptops, MacBooks and desktop PCs, good audio can often seem like an afterthought. It’s hard to get quality sound from built-in speakers, which have to be crammed inside a hyper-thin chassis ...

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, ...

Audio technology company Dolby Labs is releasing new software that aims to deliver surround sound through ordinary PC speakers. Dolby Virtual Speaker, to be launched Tuesday, promises to create the ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As the networked personal computer continues to evolve into a home entertainment center, some ...

Sonos doesn’t make computer speakers. And despite how closely some of its speakers look the part (specifically the Era 100, as well as the older Play:1, One and One SL), that’s not how they were ...

Dedicated sound cards may be far less prevalent than they were in the early days of PC gaming but they haven’t disappeared completely. If you grew up building your own gaming computers, Creative and ...

The audio input and audio output ports on a Windows PC. On Windows desktop computers, the ports are generally color coded and often support a surround sound system. In contrast, a Mac does not have ...