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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.

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