Audio

by Rafael Hernandez on July 22, 2010 · 0 comments

There’s nothing quite like immersing yourself in the sounds of the latest and greatest shooter or massively multi-player game while being able to hurl both praise, or insults, at teammates and enemy alike. More often than not such action will probably lead to well deserved friendly fire. Sennheiser’s PC 330 G4ME headset will certainly get […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on July 20, 2010 · 0 comments

In ear earbuds are exactly the sort of thing your doctor would warn you against using but who wants to look like a dork with massive headphones on in public? Since you want great quality sound without the bulk there’s nothing that will change your mind. Creative Labs’ Aurvana In-Ear2 want to shower your ears […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 15, 2010 · 0 comments

People upgrade their speakers about as often as they upgrade their keyboards…almost never. There’s something that’s reassuring about seeing the same old speakers year after year despite their cruddy controls and less than stellar audio reproduction capabilities. Eagle Arion ET-AR506-BK Speakers sport a snazzy design and some meaty specs for an inexpensive set. The satellites […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on April 14, 2010 · 0 comments

As most motherboards have their built-in audio chips everything is fine and dandy in the realm of the normal computer user but audiophiles rage at such equipment and demand nothing but audio bliss pass through their ears. For them there’s the Asus Xonar HDAV 1.3 Deluxe Soundcard that comes equipped with enough bells, whistles, and […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on March 29, 2010 · 0 comments

PC speakers tend to get very little attention due to heavy headphone usage and general noise complaints. Of course nothing beats a good pair of speakers, and many of us actually want to keep our hearing, so manufacturers will continue to make them for the rest of us sane users. ITShootOut has a look at […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on November 16, 2009 · 0 comments

A quality headset allows you to listen to those enemy agents sneaking up on you and saves you the considerable noise complaints when all you want is to hear stuff blowing up really loudly. Though that won’t stop them from hearing you if you are the yelling type. The Logitech ClearChat PC Wireless Headset allows […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 11, 2009 · 0 comments

Most sound cards are all about how many discrete channels of audio they support and their fancy spec sheets that tout features which will make your speakers sound like the top notch audio equipment that they are. The reality is…

Read more Xonar Essence STX and X-Fi Forte 7.1, Headphone Miracle Workers

by Rafael Hernandez on July 22, 2009 · 0 comments

Home Theater PC owners are a picky bunch. They expect performance and rich feature sets out if increasingly smaller computer parts. Their graphics needs are being well served by integrated graphics chips on their motherboards of choice but the audio…

Read more The ASUS Xonar HDAV 1.3 Slim, Big Sound Small Profile

by Rafael Hernandez on June 22, 2009 · 0 comments

Sound card choices aren’t what they used to be, you could consider it a good thing given the improving quality of on-board solutions but sometimes you require something with a better feature set than integrated audio tends to deliver.Elite Bastards…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 7, 2009 · 0 comments

Home Theater PCs offer all sorts of entertainment options since all of your audio and video can be stored in a central location greatly reducing the number of components you need in your home theater except for one, your speaker…

Read more Sparkle Steps Into The Sound Amp Arena

by Rafael Hernandez on May 27, 2009 · 0 comments

Device Name Microsoft Zune HD Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation Release Date Fall 2009 Function Portable Media Player Features Display 480 x 272 OLED Multi Touch screen CPU Nvidia Tegra Storage Unknown Connectivity Wireless 802.11 b/g, USB, audiovisual docking station (not…

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