I just built a new system with the Maximus II Formula board and am running Vista x64. I have configured the system for 5.1 speakers (Altec Lansing) both in Windows and in the Creative software and yet ...

We review dozens of speakers each year here at PCMag, and we thoroughly test each one. The short story is that we listen to them. The long story is a bit more complicated. This is how we test speakers ...

Any desire to add a subwoofer to your stereo hi-fi system will naturally stem from your desire to hear more bass, deeper bass, or both. After all, typically even the largest floorstanders packed with ...

The stock speakers might have been installed with some kind of surrounds that channeled bass into the interior. If the new ones don't have that or it was lost during the replacement process, you might ...