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• Quality Sound Ambitions: Altec, Creative and Logitech 2.1 Sound Systems*
  Monday 13 October 2003 – 07:00
  Altec, Creative and Logitech have attempted to appeal to form factor and space constraint concerns PC users have when it comes to PC sound systems. But while these new PC speakers were obviously designed to address interior-decorating concerns, delivering on sound quality in such a small form factor poses challenges.
• Big Sound, Low Price: Creative Audigy*
  Thursday 27 September 2001 – 07:00
  Creative Labs is bringing out a new range of sound cards based on a new DSP by E-Mu assisted by 24 bit converters. Linked with a new games library, the Advanced HD, the Audigy card is aimed at both game players and musicians who will benefit from the ASIO drivers. And as a bonus, Creative provides a FireWire port. Here is the low-down on a multimedia card that approaches professional standards.
• External Sound: Creative Labs Extigy*
  Friday 5 April 2002 – 07:00
  Although there is a growing tendency to integrate sound chipsets on the mother board, Creative Labs is offering removal of the sound card from the PC and connection to the USB port. The Extigy is a hybrid, a halfway point between the Audigy and an external AC-3 decoder. Here's how it's done...
• Home Theater Quality Sound: Creative Labs DDTS-100*
  Tuesday 20 January 2004 – 06:00
  Home theater costs a lot. Even entry-level home theater sound systems are expensive for the quality of sound reproduction they offer, especially compared to PC speakers, which offer much more for a lot less money. Creative Labs DDTS-100 decoder enables relatively high-performance, low-cost PC speakers to work with DVD players, games consoles and TV sets. For an investment of around $150 (€169), Creative Labs DDTS-100 allows for home theater audio for twice as less.
• The Sound Card Killed the DJ Star: Hercules DJ Console*
  Tuesday 11 November 2003 – 06:00
  Many have been called, but few have been chosen that can come up with the cash to become a DJ pro, or even to play DJ at a frat house keg party. Now, Hercules claims it offers an all-in-one, PC peripheral that replaces the traditional DJ gear of turntables, vinyl records and the like, all for less than $250. We took Hercules' DJ Console into our labs to see if it fit the bill.
• Size, Style and Sound*
  Wednesday 21 March 2007 – 02:09
  How big a multi-gigabyte player do you need? The TrekStor Vibez and the Philips GoGear offer gigabytes of storage in stylish black cases, but which is simpler and which sounds better?
• 5.1 Surround Sound on the Cheap*
  Friday 17 December 2004 – 06:00
  The 5.1 surround sound experience is a growing must-have for gamers and film buffs who demand life-like resonance for gun shots, explosions and the like during Doom III or DVD play. We look at three entry-level systems to see if a quality 5.1 speaker listening experience can be had for less than $100.
• A USB Enabled Sound Machine?*
  Thursday 17 July 2003 – 07:00
  Wait just a minute. Have things gone too far? Do we really need boom boxes that are USB enabled for use with our computers and console systems? Philips seems to think so, if its AZ2555 Sound Machine, a.k.a. "the Swiss Army knife of boom boxes," is any indication. We try to find out if being USB enabled is an advantage or just a marketing ploy.
• Sound Can Be Hazardous for Games*
  Saturday 5 April 2003 – 07:00
  All self-respecting gamers aim at getting top performance in the games they play. For the most part, they are prepared to invest substantial amounts (in new processors, graphics cards, etc.) in order to achieve their goal. We wanted to know whether performance costs are higher than they are with a sound card. Because if that's the case, there's no point in paying a three-figure sum if a sound card can do the trick for a lot less.
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• Altec Purports Pro Sound with Lansing FX 6021 Speakers*
  Tuesday 20 July 2004 – 07:00
  Altec purports to have packed its latest Lansing FX 6021 speakers with sound technology that enabled the company to establish a legacy stake in the professional sound reproduction world. Does Altec's high-end 2.1 speaker system live up to the company's marketing pretenses?
• MMR: PlayStation 3 Delivers No Sound and Lots of Fury*
  Monday 22 January 2007 – 06:43
  After finally getting our own PlayStation 3, a group of THG editors decided to put the console and its premiere launch title Resistance: Fall of Man to the test. But frustrating setup issues and audio problems, not to mention somewhat disappointing impressions from Resistance, left the group feeling under-whelmed by Sony's next-generation gaming effort.