INTRODUCTION                 I like looking back from time to time, it helps me appreciate just how much technology has progressed through the years all around me. Take PC speakers for example, from the mono speakers available back in the late 80's and early 90's and the 2.0 and 2.1 systems in the mid and late 90's to the 5.1/7.1 surround sound systems and very first soundbars in the late 90's and early 2000's and...

INTRODUCTION                   Having lived through the mid 80's and 90's when pretty much every house had at least a pair of floor standing speakers (usually passive ones / not amplified) I know all too well just how important owning good speakers is. Yes, things have changed, and so floor standing speakers are now considered by many as too big for most apartments and houses but that's only because nowadays...

INTRODUCTION                   Even though PC gamers put weight on both hardware components (CPU, RAM, GPU) and peripherals (screens, gaming mice and keyboards) there's actually one type of gaming peripheral that doesn't seem to have received nearly the attention it deserves. I am of course referring to haptic devices which thanks to various motors can transmit tactile information (either as vibrations or...