A cable used to send audio CD sound to the computer's sound card. When playing audio CDs, CD-ROM drives output analog sound to both a headphone jack and external connector just like a CD player.

In an age of streaming media it’s easy to forget the audio CD, but they still remain as a physical format from the days when the “Play” button was not yet the “Pay” button. A CD player ...

When activated, audio would be stored in RAM before being piped through the digital-to-analog converter, giving the CD player time to find where it left off reading and allowing playback to ...