sound card

Asus Xonar Essence STX sound card Price: $old High-end "audiophile" sound card with PCI-E x1 connector. Has swappable op-amps with built-in headphone amp (with selectable gain in software), RCA out, and optical out (requires an adapter I unfortunately no longer have). The card works and...

The rig that I'm about to replace is an i7-3770K with a 980TI and has a Sound Blaster Z installed. Eight years ago, all the top gaming rigs had dedicated sound cards but that no longer seems to be the case. Both my headphones and the Klipsch 2.1 setup sound great to me, but I will admit to not...

Hi, from few days i have a problem with my PC. Whenever I launch a game or demanding software, sound is getting distorted a lot. There is just this terrible buzzing and static and after few seconds the sound just gives up. In order to restore the sound, i need to restart PC Here is the link to...

hi all. *again*. seems my last post. for this question, never appeared in the audio forum! was it removed? what did I do Wrong? a redundant post, maybe. I will try again. if removed, then I realize the problem is in my end, not a glitch in the forum system. [maybe i broke a rule by...

I just bought HyperX Cloud Alpha Headphones and I wasn't convinced with the sound quality of it. My PC isn't the latest and greatest, Core i7 4770 with Asus Q87M-E Motherboard. Been searching around for a while and found that the sound card on my motherboard isn't good. I can't upgrade my system...

Looking for a GTX 1060. I have a budget of $220. ** I'll consider a GTX 1070 as well I want the cheapest 5.1 sound card available that works with Windows 10 64-bit. It needs to have the analog 3.5mm 5.1 outputs. An optical SPDIF output is a plus. I'm looking for $15 and under here. Blu R1 HD...

In the latest episode of PC World's The Full Nerd Gordon Ung interviews Ryan Schleiper from Creative Labs, and tackle the rather controversial topic of who killed PC Gaming audio, and what its future might look like. If you enjoy a walk down memory lane when it comes to old school PC tech, and...

So, I have quite a lot of noise on my microphone and to not annoy those I talk with I'd really like to fix it. Sadly I have no idea how. The noise is either from all the stuff I have connected in my living-room or from the power outlet as it is a problem in both my PC and my PlayStation 4 (same...

Hello, I've been trying to see if there is anything I can do to increase the volume on my PC. I have to turn the volume all the way up on my sound bar just to get mid level volume (Sound bar that came with my U2412M Monitor). I've got the volume task bar icon set to 100%, I use Sennheiser 598...

Hello everyone. I'm thinking of buying a dedicated sound card, but where I live there aren't that many options. Anyway, I'm pretty much choosing between Creative SoundBlaster Z and Asus Strix Soar. I coulf also pick up a used Asus Essence STX for the price of the Strix Soar. Maybe the higher...