Your USB audio port can be surprisingly useful--giving you even better sound than your computer's regular audio output. Here's how to use it. Eliot Van Buskirk Evolver.fm Editor Eliot Van Buskirk has ...

How low can you go in price and still get a quality set of computer speakers? That’s the question Amazon effectively poses with each set of its AmazonBasics speakers. We may have found the answer with ...

The universal serial bus (USB) enables users to connect plug-and-play devices to a PC, but different kinds of USB exist. USB 1.0 and 1.1 are older versions of the interface that are much slower than ...

Back in the day, I had a good old Creative Sound Blaster 5.1 surround speaker system for my computer — in fact, I still have it sitting on a shelf (unfortunately) gathering dust. While it sounded ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. For most PC and mobile device makers, sound is a binary spec. Does it have sound? Yes? Good. Great ...

IOGEAR announced the USB Theater Sound Xperience (GUADT51), the first USB audio adapter with DTS Surround Sensation | Headphone technology. Connecting directly to a computer's USB 2.0 port, the IOGEAR ...

With an emphasis on cutting-edge graphics and some NVIDIA GPUs costing thousands of dollars, it's easy to forget how important sound is when assembling a gaming PC. Most motherboards have integrated ...

USB, the Universal Serial Bus, has been around for decades and is a heavily used standard in the world of personal computers. Memory sticks, external drives, mice, and web cameras are all interfaced ...

Understand the key variances in power, performance and price between the two connection types so you know which is right for you When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Stop plugging your mouse into a USB 3 port—5 reasons USB 2.0 is secretly better ...