ESS Technology has been the quietest chipmaker in Silicon Valley. While its competitors grew huge, ESS shrank and almost disappeared from the face of the earth. But the company is bouncing back. In ...

In the world of high-end audio, it’s all about the chase. Enthusiasts lust after audio purity, hearing every tiny detail in its purest form, eliminating all sources of distortion or interference. It’s ...

For years, onboard audio has improved to the point where many enthusiasts questioned whether dedicated sound cards still had ...

This is from an earlier post in the A/V forum, maybe you guys can help out?<BR><BR>I'm on my second laptop with an ESS audio chip. (yuk!) My latest is a Dell 8100 w/ 32MB Geforce2Go. Obviously, I'd ...

Once speaking to a sound engineer who installs luxury home sound systems, which easily runs into five-figure price tags, I asked him: "So what equipment do you use to listen to music?" To my surprise, ...

My friend has a Compaq Presario 5000 with some kind of ESS sound built in. It got borked, so I wiped it clean and put Windows 2000 (it used to have Millenium), hoping Win2k would have the drivers for ...

Motherboard audio is good enough for most people. When it is not, the obvious upgrade is usually an external DAC or headphone amplifier: Easy to connect, easy to reach and easy to carry over to the ...

The new AuricSound ESS Twin SABRE 32bit ES9028Q2M 768kHz DSD512 DAC has launched via Kickstarter this week offering superior conversion and a purer sound, say it’s developers AuricSound. Watch the ...