When I started doing pro audio on my PC, I became obsessed with the idea of having as pure a digital stream from the PC to the speakers as possible. I bought an outboard USB amplifier—a Yamaha ...

Microsoft confirms Windows 11 KB5127648 still has Remote Desktop and USB audio issues, with temporary workarounds for ...

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Once upon a time, there was this scary idea that computer manufacturers would lock down our machines with a purely-digital, “protected,” end-to-end music delivery system. The fear driving this shift, ...

Creativelaunches its Sound Blaster PLAY! 3, a portable high-resolution USB sound card that features a digital-analogue converter (DAC) and a headphone amplifier for PC. The Sound Blaster PLAY! 3 ...

Mackie's Blackjack works equally well with iOS and Mac. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac If you want to listen to music on your Mac, you either suffer its built-in speakers, or you plug a speaker ...

I'm looking for a device to add 5.1 surround to my PC. The AMD APU doesn't support 5.1 over HDMI for whatever reason, only stereo, or I'd use my normal HDMI optical audio extractor as usual. I have a ...

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Razer has stepped things up with the BlackShark V2, and while it still may have some issues, I believe the direction of this headset is straight and true. Razer now has a very decent gaming headset in ...

Having spent a number of years as the audio weapon of choice for computer sound systems, Creative has announced a couple of USB releases that will allow any sound card to benefit from its Sound ...

I put the AirPods Pro 2 with USB-C in a black Otterbox case and the original AirPods Pro 2 in a purple Otterbox case so I could easily tell the two apart and make sure I put the right buds back in the ...