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 ...

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 ...

Two ancient Creative Sound Blaster cards have been repaired and demonstrated by TechTuber Necroware. The 1994 vintage Creative Sound Blaster 16 (CT2230) fix was a relatively simple affair, with a ...

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, ...

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 ...

Creative has engineered a new sound card designed to bridge the gap between performance and value in the form of the Sound Blaster Audigy Fx V2. Offering users “pristine audio fidelity, advanced audio ...

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The Digigram ALP280e, left, and ALP280e-MIC, right, sound cards. The ALP280e and ALP280e-MIC are French manufacturer Digigram’s latest additions to a sound card line that launched in 2022. The company ...

French audio specialist and equipment manufacturer Digigram has announced the release of two new sound cards, ALP280e and ALP280e-MIC, as part of the ALP-X series. Available Q2 2025 from Digigram’s ...

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 ...

Sound hardware has been built into PC motherboards for so long now it’s difficult to remember the days when a sound card was an expensive add-on peripheral. By the mid to late 1990s they were ...

The commoditised PC is the most versatile tool many of us will own, and since it has been around for a very long time it is also something that can be found for free or very cheaply if the latest ...