sound

Brand new G18 just unboxed. Still pretty vanilla with no software installed and no updates done. Regardless of the usage (though more noticeable at idle), approx. every 1-2 seconds there is a sound that I can only describe as the sound "a 2.5in mechanical hard disk" would make when it's loading...

Hi guys, When it comes to sound quality, I've realized there're freaking many factors could affect it, some say the DAC is the paramount thing to be taken care of; some say the speakers are the real crucial part, given that you hear all the sounds from them, there's no certain right or wrong...

Hello guys, I'm having some doubts about purchasing an audio grade media transport or music streamer. Wouldn't say I'm a sole PC Hi-FI dude, by recently I've been seeing a lot of reviews and articles talking about using a audio streamer to play music can certainly outperform PC playing, like...

Hi all, I bought Creative Pebble V3 speakers recently and I'm impressed with the sound quality for the price of them. They connect to the PC via USB-C - they didn't work via the X570 Tomahawk USB-C port (I didn't persist or troubleshoot it was just a quick try) so I used the USB adaptor that...

I'm running win10 Pro on a recently bought refurbished HP Elitedesk 800 G1, which was designed for win7 but has a new SDD and a 1T HDD, sold by an Amazon refurbisher. It had one scuff and otherwise looks like new, inside and out. It's not overclocked yet. It runs great compared to what I...

Hi all, I hope you're well today. My head is almost fried looking at GPUs for my build. I went down a rabbit hole or two but I have finally settled on an RTX 3070 GPU. Now I need to figure out which variant suits me the best. Quite a lot of the models I have tried to find reviews on have...

Hello guys! I am suffering some sound distortion problems when my GPUs are under heavy load (when I am not using CUDA is fine) and I was wondering if some of you would have a bit of advice. I have a Threadripper 3960X in this board with a Gigabyte Eagle OC 3070 and a Gigabyte Gaming OC 3090...

So I was doing some cleaning in the attic and found my old Megaworks speakers and I remember how good they sounded back in the days with a digital connection to my Creative X-Fi sound card. I'm looking for a sound card that has a digital output on a standard 3.5mm connection as that's the only...

Hi all, I built my system back in November and am using a Corsair MP510 480GB m.2 Gen 3 SSD for my OS drive. The drive is working fine (read/writes etc), however when loading a game with a lot of heavy mods, the drive makes a high pitched sound/noise. As soon as the game has loaded, this stops...

Hi guys , I have a Asus Xonar Essence STX in the main pc and a Creative X-FI for the laptop. Sound from both was bang on until a couple of weeks ago but now both sound really tinny. Reinstalled Windows on both thinking it may fix it but , the sound remains really bad. Any ideas as pulling my...

Hi all, apologies for the potential repost but there is so many out there that isn't relevant ! My bedroom is next to my parents. There is a solid wall ( thank god it's an old building and not plaster) and they have a massive wardrobe on their side. They sleep with their bedroom door open...

Hello All, As the title is it possible to change a notification sound for a specific app in Windows 10? I've searched and microsoft seem to say it's not possible (but the article was from over a year ago) or is there a 3rd party app that will do this? I'm working from home and can't...

Hi There, Ive just started using my AMD Gaming PC again and updated it to Windows 10, I have my Bose Companions plugged into the Speaker/Headphone input at the rear and a Microphone plugged into the Mic port on the back of my Gigabyte Motherboard, now the sound is crystal clear when listening...

Hi, I'm not an expert on cinema/hifi, so would really appreciate some guidance. I'm finding it increasingly hard to make out dialogue when watching shows (mostly Netflix, Prime, etc). It could just be the source material (really struggling with The Witcher at the moment) - or it could be that...

So I've tested this with both Overwatch and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, both on different distribution platforms (Battle.net and Steam respectively). In games I can't hear audio behind my player character very well. I can just about hear sounds that are right behind me, but It's very faint. I've...

Hey! I just bought a new headset with a mic, they're one of the cheaper ones called "Piranha Gaming Headset HP70" when I plug the headphone jack and the mic jack only the mic works and there is no sound on the headphones. I ticked the option "Disable front panel jack detection" but it still...

I'm trying to resurrect a Tiny desktop computer to use it's video capability, unfortunately the soundcard contacts have come adrift. Can anyone tell me the correct pins to reattach the leads to or have a manual for ann early Tiny computer.

I have an ongoing problem with my PC where the game audio will drop out every so often for around a second or two then come back as if nothing happened. Sometimes the pause or loss of audio is very brief sometimes it is longer but usually always in the range of 1-2 seconds. It can happen in any...

Hi, My Note 3 had the facility to read aloud notifications, I cannot see the option in the Note9 anyone any ideas?

Noob here, Budget is about £300, dont have pc yet so i dont know what sound card i will end up with. needs to be simple to setup that does not take up much room. i was looking at KEF X300A but i heard bad things about it