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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ever since I moved out of the city and into a house with an actual office, I’ve had enough space to create something that I’ve always wanted: a workstation with a truly killer desktop audio system.

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 ...

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 ...

With an emphasis on cutting-edge graphics and some NVIDIA GPUs costing thousands of dollars, it's easy to forget how important sound is when assembling a gaming PC. Most motherboards have integrated ...

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 ...

What are the best computer speakers? Good PC speakers can transform your PC gaming experience, letting you take a break from your headset while offering the option of sitting back to play games or ...

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 ...