Sometimes you just want to relax and hear your music or movie’s audio without being encumbered by wearing headphones. That’s especially the case if you’re enjoying your media with friends or family.

This is a pretty silly pet peeve of mine, but I really hate devices that have hardwired cables. One of the most common offenders is subwoofers' power cables; you almost never see one that's removable.

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 ...