Awesome Audio
PC audio has come a long way since the days of the first PCs, when hearing the bleeps and buzzes of an internal speaker was exciting. Today’s PC audio can supply a theater quality--capable discrete surround-sound experience in clean digital audio fidelity. Let’s consider some audio options.
Is a Sound Card Necessary?
Before high-quality audio was expected to be a standard feature on a personal computer, the only way you could reproduce high-quality digitized audio was via a sound card. However, as motherboard manufacturers like ASUS began to incorporate more features that were once separate add-ons, the need for a dedicated sound card greatly diminished. The motherboard we used to build our computer has exceptional audio that ...
Get Build an Awesome PC, 2014 Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
