It may not be the first part of your setup that you think of upgrading, but getting one of the best USB sound cards for gaming can actually make a world of difference when it comes to audio quality.

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 ...

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 ...

Creative's Sound Blaster is making a resurgence, with the brand switching to a modular sound card that doesn't look like ...

The PowerColor Devil HDX is a beast of a sound card. Puns aside, you know what I mean. There are very few sound cards with the Devil’s high-end parts and high-end features. Very few sound cards have a ...

What we have here today is a new kind of Prodigy, the latest in a long line of Audiotraks Prodigy series. Unlike most of Audiotrak's products, this Prodigy is not geared towards the home recording ...

Element 14, the company that manufactures Raspberry Pi, just upped the audio chops of the $25 single-board computer. The company recently released a $33 audio card that promises PC-like audio capture ...

Q: Why can’t sound cards be more like video cards? A: We assume that this question refers to the constant advances in graphics cards, where the release of new technology (like process shrinks and new ...

I just inserted an Asus Xonar SE ($69) sound card. It works in a new Intel i5-12400 boxen. I spend enough time in the office to listen to sound and music through a more than decent Yamaha / Dynaudio ...

I've read a lot of stuff about this going both ways. Thought I'd ask here in case anybody can give me more insight. Basically, some people seem to say, "Unless you're a professional sound engineer, ...

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 ...

Does it make sense to use an audio interface to input audio into your computer? For some users — it’s still a useful tool. Professional musicians are already familiar with the difference between an ...