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Sound cards

Most Popular Sound cards

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi 5.1 Pro
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi 5.1 Pro review
£57
This little external sound card is a good buy for laptop users, although it doesn't support maximum DVD sample rates
Cambridge Audio DacMagic XS
Cambridge Audio DacMagic XS review
£100
Update your laptop audio with this compact and competitively priced DAC
Creative Sound Blaster Wireless for iTunes + Receiver
Creative Sound Blaster Wireless for iTunes + Receiver review
£103
Creative's Sound Blaster Wireless works surprisingly well and is cheaper, although not as neat, as a standalone audio streamer.

Latest Sound cards

Arcam rPAC
Arcam rPAC review
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It’s not for everyone, but if perfect audio fidelity from your computer is what you’re after, then you probably need this DAC

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£149 inc VAT
Enermax DreamBass Genie
Enermax DreamBass Genie review
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This little sound card provides a fun bass boost, but you can get higher quality USB audio devices for the same price

Published :
£24 inc VAT
Lindy Digital To Analogue Converter
Lindy Digital To Analogue Converter review
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Handy if you need to feed a range of digital inputs into headphones or a speaker system but too niche for your average laptop user

Published :
£50 inc VAT
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Recon3D
Sound Blaster Recon3D PCIe Fatal1ty Professional review
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It sounds great and its drivers are feature packed , but you can get similar performance from the non-Fatal1ty version

Published :
£115 inc VAT
Propellerhead Balance
Propellerhead Balance review
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Propellerhead’s Balance USB sound card bundle is the perfect home production environment

Published :
£327 inc VAT
Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D
Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D review
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This USB sound card is a niche product tailor-made for gamers, but it's ideal for its intended purpose

Published :
£90 inc VAT
Blue Microphones Yeti Pro
Blue Microphones Yeti Pro review
Sound cards Technology TVs

Superb recording quality and a wealth of features make this the ultimate home recording microphone

Published :
£209 inc VAT
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi 5.1 Pro
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi 5.1 Pro review
Sound cards TVs

This little external sound card is a good buy for laptop users, although it doesn't support maximum DVD sample rates

Published :
£57 inc VAT
Auzentech X-Meridian 7.1 2G
Auzentech X-Meridian 7.1 2G review
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Expensive but easily one of the best sound cards you can get for analogue audio, especially surround sound.

Published :
£141 inc VAT
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD review
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Creative's flagship "audiophile" card sounds good, but not good enough to justify its price.

Published :
£158 inc VAT