I've been running RC2 for a few days now and I've noticed the sound settings are low. I've cranked all the settings in XP to max and yet I still have to turn up the powered speakers to 75% in order to ...

Windows XP communicates with the hardware in your computer through device drivers, computer programs that act as middle-men between the operating system and the motherboard and its connected ...

The release of Windows XP this week has many hardware manufacturers scrambling to announce driver support for Microsoft's latest OS. Creative has just released new drivers for all of its recent Sound ...

The Device Manager is the main utility used in Windows XP to manage settings and drivers for hardware connected to your computer. Audio devices, such as sound cards and audio controllers, are just one ...

I am not very technical. I have an Audigy2 ZS sound card and a 5.1 speaker system. When I change between "Desktop Stereo Speakers" and "5.1 surround sound speakers" the only difference I can detect is ...

Although Windows XP includes built-in support for most Sound Blaster sound cards, Creative has optimized the drivers for certain models to take advantage of Microsoft's next-generation operating ...

The promise of an expansive, immersive sound field in headphones is enticing, but this system has too many shortcomings to fully deliver on that promise. JVC has entered the headphone-virtualization ...