I’ve got some bad news: Those nice headphones and great speakers that you spent so much money on? They probably don’t sound as good as they could. You spent the time searching for the best audio gear ...

If you travel a lot and find yourself listening to music or movies frequently from your notebook, you may want to improve the sound as much as possible. A company called Apogee has a new USB DAC that ...

If you shop at Best Buy, you have probably noticed (depending on where you live) that in the very back corner sits a boutique called “Magnolia”. Don’t feel bad if you have never ventured inside; you ...

Have you spent what feels like a significant majority of the last year or so sitting in front of a laptop or desktop? For those of us fortunate enough to have kept working through the pandemic, the ...

The Arcam rPAC is a USB, bus powered DAC and headphone amplifier designed to dramatically improve the audio performance of PC and MAC computers. It is designed and produced by Arcam, one of the ...

A revolution is happening in the world of hi-fi—one that, contrary to the other audio upheavals of the last 30 years, combines technological innovation and better sound quality. In the 1980s, the warm ...

Weird issue... Short version, plugging a USB Schiit modi (DAC) in one of the front USB ports of the computer results in some sort of intermittent noises; like the noise can cut for a fraction of a ...

While it is hardly a part of everyday language, a 'DAC' (digital-to-analogue converter) is a part of our everyday life – you probably use one every day, perhaps without even realising it. You see, any ...

Scan the shelves of your local bookseller, and you’ll be hard pressed to find many publications dedicated to home audio. You might get lucky and dig up a current copy or two of Sound & Vision, ...

We take a deep dive into the often unexplored area of the PC, the sound setup. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. We're going to ...

While it is hardly a part of everyday language, a 'DAC' (digital-to-analogue converter) is a part of our everyday life – you probably use one every day, perhaps without even realising it. You see, any ...