I'm looking for a device to add 5.1 surround to my PC. The AMD APU doesn't support 5.1 over HDMI for whatever reason, only stereo, or I'd use my normal HDMI optical audio extractor as usual. I have a ...

Pro audio maker M-Audio has put in a bid to enter the consumer CE market with the introduction of the Sonica digital audio upgrade kit. The Sonica is a 24-bit external sound card that will be marketed ...

I got to try out the in March released Sound Blaster Audigy FX Pro which offers up to 7.1 channels over analog, but also a ...

Audio and desktop PCs have a long history of not playing well together. Most PCs get okay audio, but your average desktop doesn't have great sound-system tuning, which leaves you having to do the ...

Audio Blast From the Past: Creative Technology doesn't believe the sound card market is completely dead yet. The Singapore-based company has announced a new discrete audio solution, urging users to ...

If these were the early 2000s. We would have said that having a sound card is a flex. With good reason, too. You'd slap one into your PC, crank up a media player, and pretend you were mastering audio.

I have always use sound cards instead of onboard audio. However I keep hearing that onboard is good enough for most people. Is this true? Onboard audio is indeed good enough for most people. Most of ...

Creative has updated its roster of PCIe sound cards for PC desktop DIYers. The new Sound Blaster Audigy FX Pro 7.1, launched today, sits atop the Audigy add-in-card line. The new card’s design and ...