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 ...

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 ...

Having trouble sorting out which digital audio workstation software is right for your music or sound project? I've tested the ...

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 – ...

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.

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, ...

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 ...