I recently bought Astro A40's, and I didn't notice the optical port on the back of my computer.    I was wondering if the Creative Sound Blaster Z I just bought is vastly better than my Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3's optical cable, or is there only a slight difference? I'm not sure if my...

I've done some research on sound cards, headphones, and the different varieties of each, and I'm very surprised at the amount of variety there is with headphones(sets). The use of the headphones would be for mostly gaming. So, I've compiled some combinations of different headphone and...

I'm new to  the sound community, and I've wanted to upgrade my headphones (Logitech G930). So I wanted to get the real deal, and use a dedicated sound card.    Through Linus Tech Tips, I found the Asus Xonar Essence STX. It's within my budget, and I've only heard good things from it. But...