Sound Products Reviews

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    Corsair Vengeance 1300 and 1500 Gaming Headsets Review

    By Earl Keim   December 12, 2011

    Corsair recently released its second generation of USB 5.1 and analog 2.0 gaming headsets. One model features a new software interface while both carry a redesigned appearance and Corsair's well-known Vengeance branding. We will tell you what both of these headsets may bring to your PC audio experience.

  2. Creative X-FI HD USB Sound Card Review  

    Creative X-FI HD USB Sound Card Review

    By Earl Keim   September 20, 2011

    Creative's latest sound card is an external model that sports a USB interface and boasts high quality digital, analog, and dedicated headphone connectivity options. We tell you if this may be the audio upgrade that laptop users and those of you with no free expansion slots in your desktop PC have been looking for.

  3. Thermaltake Shock One Gaming Headset Review-In Progress  

    Thermaltake Shock One Gaming Headset Review-In Progress

    By Earl Keim   September 14, 2011

    While Thermaltake may be a familiar brand name to PC enthusiasts, the company is one of the newest competitors in the PC gaming headset market. Today, we take its USB model, featuring DTS Surround, for a spin in order to tell you if it is worth your hard earned dollar or if the competition in this segment of the PC audio market is simply too steep already.

  4. Beats by Dr. Dre Studio Headphones Review  

    Beats by Dr. Dre Studio Headphones Review

    By Earl Keim   August 11, 2011

    Few brands of headphones have achieved popularity and consumer adoption as quickly as Monster's Beats by Dre series. We recently purchased our own pair of the Beats' Studio Edition headphones to tell you if these are merely marketing fluff or the "real deal."

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    Audio-Technica ATH-AD900 Headphones Review

    By Earl Keim   July 01, 2011

    Audio-Technica's headphones are known to PC enthusiasts for the precision, positionality, and soundstage that these reproduce when used for gaming. Today, we will examine one of its pricier models. If you look for quality over cost, you will definitely want to know what these headphones bring to your PC listening experience.

  6. Corsair SP2200 2.1 Speaker System Review  

    Corsair SP2200 2.1 Speaker System Review

    By Earl Keim   June 03, 2011

    Corsair's new line of audio products have quickly made the company a worthy brand choice for consumers and a strong competitor for its rivals in the PC audio market. Can the company's first budget entry continue the trend?

  7. ARCTIC Headsets and Headphones Review  

    ARCTIC Headsets and Headphones Review

    By Earl Keim   May 09, 2011

    ARCTIC is well known for its processor air coolers and its fans alike. In the last couple of years it has greatly diversified its product line to include products from remote control toy cars to computer audio headphones. Today we look at three of its headphone and headset products and let you know the value of those.

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    Corsair Gaming Audio Series™ HS1A Headset Review

    By Earl Keim   April 14, 2011

    Corsair is back with a new HS1A analog headset sporting massive 50mm drivers, closed-back ear cups, and memory foam ear pads primarily designed for gaming. But Corsair tells us that these do not sacrifice "precision audio response (for) your favorite media." Let's see if these hold up in gaming as well as movies and music.

  9. Auzentech X-Meridian 7.1 2G Sound Card Review  

    Auzentech X-Meridian 7.1 2G Sound Card Review

    By Earl Keim   March 09, 2011

    Auzentech promises to deliver the second generation high performance PCI audio card that will let you know the difference between audio that sounds great and audio that sounds perfect. We put Auzentech's new card to the test.

  10. Sound Blaster Tactic3D Sigma Gaming Headset Review  

    Sound Blaster Tactic3D Sigma Gaming Headset Review

    By Earl Keim   February 16, 2011

    Creative and Sound Blaster are longtime name brands when it comes to personal computer sound products and recently it has been diversifying even more. One the heels of its WoW headset, now comes the Tactic 3D Sigma. Worth your hard earned money?

  11. soundscience rockus™ 3D | 2.1 Speaker Review  

    soundscience rockus™ 3D | 2.1 Speaker Review

    By Earl Keim   February 10, 2011

    Antec diversifies into audio with a new brand named "soundscience designed by Antec." Its first and currently only product is the rockus™ 3D | 2.1 speaker system. While the guys at soundscience aren't much on capitalization, let's see if they took the time to build a solid set of speakers for your PC.

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    Corsair SP2500 2.1 Speaker System Review

    By Earl Keim   January 11, 2011

    Corsair continues to expand its product line with products every year that are basic to the needs of the computer hardware enthusiast. After its recent foray into headsets, Corsair is entering the 2.1 speaker market with its SP2500 system.