The ASUS Strix RAID DLX is a premium sound card offering from the Taiwan-based manufacturer. It features best-in-class technology, including 124dB SNR,7.1 channels, a 600ohm headphone amplifier ...

Heading up the range is the flagship AE-9, but our focus today is the Sound Blaster AE-7 - a sleek upgrade card with performance that could rival external amp + DAC bundles. By using high-end ...

but the weak link is the "good enough" headphone amp built into the receiver or computer sound card. Dedicated headphone amps, like the Burson Audio HA-160 take the high road and are built like ...

Creative today announced the Sound BlasterX G5, a 7.1 HD audio external sound card with built-in headphone amplifier. The Sound BlasterX G5 also supports multi-channel content, delivering true 7. ...

Our Sound BlasterX G6 review takes a look at a hi-res gaming DAC and USB sound card which will amp up your gaming audio. As far as design goes, the Sound BlasterX G6 is pretty similar to the G5.

tube amplifier, when it comes to PC audio, I'm not one of those people—I don't have the ear or the patience for audiophile perfection. And yet the Creative Sound Blaster AE-9 sound card is the ...

The Creative Sound Blaster X7 offers a ridiculous number of features for the money and sound quality is generally very good, but its appeal is limited. Ty Pendlebury has worked at CNET since 2006.

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which have been a popular choice with many sound cards we have seen. Lastly, of immediate interest is the headphone amp which can support headsets ranging all the way up to 150ohms. Overall ...

The digital to analog converter, or DAC for short, which converts the computer's audio data into an analog signal for being sent to a sound system (such as speakers or an amplifier). A microphone ...

The non-inverting 9051 buffer amplifier level shifts the incoming signal to Vdd/2, and applies adjustable (one-time calibration for the particular sound card hardware being used) low frequency ...

That's where sound cards come in, as they are an easy way to improve the audio coming to your speakers or headphones. Third-party sound cards not only enhance the fidelity of the sound but also ...