I keep my computer volume at 100, but can't turn my mixer up that high without hearing the buzzing noise. I have an onboard sound card, I'm just going to invest in a $40 PCI card.

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 ...

To do this, the card uses a DAC, or digital to analog converter. The converter’s job is to translate the audio file code into electrical impulses, which travel via the sound card’s connections ...

Creative Sound Blaster AE-9 is the best sound card for PC gaming, thanks to its ability to deliver pristine audio. It features the high-resolution ESS SABRE-class 9038 reference DAC with 32-bit ...

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 ...

How to Reinstall an Integrated Sound Card. Every hardware device connected to your computer requires drivers to function properly. This includes motherboard-integrated devices, such as graphics ...

Today's onboard audio chips and USB sound devices are generally very good for what they are, but at least we now have a clearer picture of the conundrum. Worth buying a sound card? Yes or No.

Using the inputs on a computer’s sound card is an old trick to fake a very simplistic, AC coupled, slow oscilloscope. You can get DC operation by desoldering a couple capacitors, but if the s… ...

ASUS has taken some truly promising steps with the STX, providing a high-end audio card for the general consumer who might be a headphone lover or simply a music lover, or perhaps both. Now, some ...

Sound Blaster believes that motherboard sound quality isn’t good enough, and to that end the X7 is packed with powerful components that onboard audio can’t match. It’s a DAC (digital-analog ...

The Sound BlasterX AE-5 launches in July with a price of $150. Starting June 13, customers can pre-order the sound card from Creative’s website, or from retailers like Fry’s, Newegg, or Micro ...