Firstly, Sharkoon. Wagering that few of you will have heard of it, it's the latest company to have enjoyed some success on the continent (Germany, in this instance), now looking to break into the UK market. ...

In a world that is awash with 5.1 surround sound speakers it makes a pleasant change to be faced with a set of 2.1 speakers such as this. The two satellites that sit on your desk ...

In the main Creative's GigaWorks G550W are a conventional set of 5.1 surround sound speakers. The subwoofer is rated at 130W and the five satellites are 36W each, which totals 310W RMS. However, Creative claims a ...

Not a bad little headset this. Trust's latest mixes in headphones, a microphone and a 5.1-channel surround sound effect direct to your ears. And it manages to do it all really rather well. That said, we've ...

7.1-channel sound cards are not exactly thick on the ground, particularly those costing under £30, so plenty of games and home cinema enthusiasts may be considering this Terratec Aureon 7.1 PCI sound card for their systems. ...

Could this be it? Could the Logitech Z5450 package finally be the moment where a set of wireless 5.1 speakers leaps off the drawing board and becomes reality? Could this be the moment that audiophiles across ...

Granted, we're perhaps not at the wireless monitor stage here. But in the continued quest to remove the wires from the average PC setup, wireless speakers have been a long time coming. True, wireless headphones are ...

We've become used to the regular release of new graphics chips but it's a far rarer occurrence when a new audio chip comes to market, and it's no surprise at all that Creative Labs is the ...

If you've never turned up your speakers while watching the latest Hollywood action blockbuster and felt the thump of an explosion come up through the sofa and reverberate around your ribcage, with the front windows rattling ...

It may be controversial but this reviewer would like to suggest that there is no point in having anything more than stereo speakers hooked up to your PC unless you want to watch movies, in which ...

The trade off you're lumbered with if you opt for 5.1-channel headphones is that to get all the necessary technology and speakers packed in, manufacturers need a fair amount of space. So headphones like Gainward's new ...

Appearances, as we should all know by now, can be deceptive. And while the VS4121, 2.1 channel speaker set from Altec Lansing is no slouch in the looks department, in all honesty this reviewer wasn't expecting ...

The bane of every laptop user's life is the invariably tinny sound that comes through the built-in speakers, or the flat stereo sound via the headphone jack. Even though a considerable leap forward was taken when ...

If you've recently upgraded your computer with the Audigy 2 sound card and want to make the most of its capabilities (both for game playing and also for DVD playback) then the addition of the Creative ...

In years to come Dolby EX will displace the 5.1 Dolby surround sound that we are all familiar with. That means we'll see 6.1 and 7.1 speaker systems that add either one or two speakers behind ...

Creative has refreshed its all-conquering Audigy soundcard and given the series the witty and humorous name of Audigy 2. At present you can buy a basic Audigy 2 or this Platinum version, and very soon there ...

There's something incredibly exciting about a brand new set of speakers, especially a hefty package like this; a full 5.1 home cinema speaker kit from PURE (which used to be Videologic). The raw anticipation is monumental, ...

Loudspeakers are bulky boxes you leave in your living room. Headphones are trim transducers you stick in your ears. These are the two options you have for playing music, computer sounds and radio broadcasts. Well, not ...

Speakers need to be big and heavy with substantial cones and strong magnets to pump them in and out, don't they? Well, yes and no. Yes, if they use a conventional design with separate speakers unit ...

Creative now owns over 80 percent of the sound card market, with huge swathes of PC manufacturers fitting some kind of SoundBlaster card to their new PCs and many system-board makers fitting Creative's integrated sound chips. ...