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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." You can only get so far with built-in computer speakers. Because they’re so small, even high-end laptop ...

There are all kinds of immensely powerful gaming PC setups out there, carefully crafted and assembled with components hand-picked for the most optimal performance to drive your experience. Even the ...

When it’s time to upgrade your computer speakers, you don’t have to drop a few hundred dollars on a sound system. If you know where to look, the best computer speakers under $50 can still be a ...

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With an emphasis on cutting-edge graphics and some NVIDIA GPUs costing thousands of dollars, it's easy to forget how important sound is when assembling a gaming PC. Most motherboards have integrated ...

We’re spending more time at home working (and playing) on our desktops and laptops than ever before, and that means listening to our computer’s built-in speakers — which, likely, aren’t very good. An ...

In recent years, recorded audio has undergone a renaissance thanks to the breakthrough of podcasts. It’s now easy to record audio and share it online, and things that used to require access to a ...

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 ...