Not that I have a problem with Realtek... just interesting that they kind of ended up with a monopoly on sound, because the only alternative that I know about are add-in Creative products, which I ...

I set up a new rig about five months ago. It has an Asus Z97-Deluxe mobo, MSI GeForce 970 video card, SSD for the OS (Win 7 Pro (OEM) SP 1). Everything has been working nicely until last night - Not ...

My reference audio is the onboard Realtek HD Audio controller optically feeding an external Audio-gd Sparrow ‘A’ DAC/Amp. The Audio-gd drives the AKG K-701s. While not the most spectacular sounding ...

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