The feisty guys at Phoronix are reporting that Creative has released its X-Fi sound driver under the GNU GPLv2 license.

The Logitech Z Cinema Advanced Surround Sound System gives you surround sound through a simple USB hook-up.

The Altec Lansing Soundbar is a portable 2.1 speaker system.

This is crazy. The Philips amBX gamers kit adds surround sound, wind effects and rumble ambient effects to your games.

You’ll look like a DJ in your Steelseries Siberia headphones.

How to buy a sound card.

After nearly 18 months since Vista’s release, Creative has released X-Fi drivers that include DVD Audio playback and fix the janky Dolby Digital and DTS playback issues in Microsoft’s darling OS. The driver also is supposed to keep computers from crashing in Audio Creation mode. You can get the new drivers here.

Nice of Creative to get around to fixing these issues, right? Oh yeah, and the update only applies to some X-Fi cards. The Xtreme Audio gets no love.

For years Newegg.com has been the primary “go-to” site for computer and technology enthusiasts. Often they have the lowest prices on their massive selection of inventory, and their customer service and quick shipping cements their place in the hearts of consumers - as long as they’re in the USA.

Often our Canadian readers and forum members would longingly glance at the prices and selection available to their American counterparts, and let out a resigned sigh as they went to their own online retailers.

Apparently, that is about to come to an end. NewEgg has a teaser page at newegg.ca. While no launch date has been announced, the page does mention “2008″ - which leaves us with, at the worst, four months of speculation

I wonder if they’ll change their slogan. “Once you know, you Newegg, eh?”

Here’s how to buy speakers.

The Razer Mako 2.1 THX certified speakers are crazy little blobs.

I’m a sucker for tube amps. Check out the Symphonic Designs Tube Amp for iPods. It’s seckzyhawt.

Razer’s Piranha gaming headset.

ASUS unveiled the new Xonar HDAV1.3 HDMI-equipped sound cards.

The ASUS Xonar D2X sound card is a nice revision of their previous model.

The Azuentech X-Fi Prelude 7.1 sound card an improvement on Creative’s design.