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Fixing Your Computer Absolute Beginner’s Guide
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Fixing Your Computer Absolute Beginner’s Guide

by Paul McFedries
July 2013
Beginner content levelBeginner
336 pages
7h 40m
English
Que
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15. Improving the Sound System

In This Chapter

Learning how digital audio gets the job done

Getting a handle on sound card specs

Buying a sound card for your PC

Connecting the speakers to your PC

The ear is a fine and sensitive instrument, attuned to nuance on the one hand, but shamelessly craving novelty on the other. How else do you explain, in a society supposedly in love with the visual image, the relentless popularity of radio after all these years? So when you’re upgrading your PC, keep your ears in mind and treat them to improved sound by upgrading the sound card and speakers.

Understanding Audio

One reason audio is such an important part of PC multimedia is that most people are used to their computers being, if not voiceless, ...

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