We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There was a time, not so long ago, when most of us were perfectly content with our 32-inch CRT screens and their tinny, built-in speakers.

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Whether it's in your headphones, or a feature promised in a soundbar, you've probably run into something called "virtual surround" or something like it before. The name seems to suggest that you can ...

Although the sound may not be at the forefront of our minds when we face the ultimate boss in a video game or watch as the protagonist in a film slowly turns the doorknob before walking into what ...

I recently moved from a desktop to a laptop (Retina MacBook Pro), and I'm at a loss as to the best way to get surround sound from my new laptop to my old, trusty 5.1 computer speakers. My speakers ...