The Turtle Beach Ear Force HPA-2 works with most modern PC whose motherboards have six on-board sound channels (click here to read our tutorial on how to make this connection). You just have to connect the minijacks following the color code stated in the manual, run the sound configuration on the Windows Control Panel and that’s it. We did the whole thing in less than three minutes. Remember: you gotta have a spare USB port to power the amplifier.

You should turn the individual sound channel volume to the maximum, and then use the master control to select how high you want the general volume. Be careful, however, with the subwoofer volume since it packs a mean punch, especially during explosion-filled games or high octane action movies. If you can equalize the sound through software for maximum boost to the bass, you’ll have a blast in your ears, believe us (we did just that).