Digital Phones Reviews

I put this interface together last night in 11 minutes and then it took me another 5 minutes to get my Rig/Soundcard cables put together.Running it on a Yaesu FT-450AT It works as GOOD as the Tigertronics Signalink SL-1+ OR the Tigertronics Signalink ...

External 5 1 USB 3D Audio Sound Card Adapter for PC Desktop Notebook Laptop

Eliminate the need for a traditional sound card with this USB Audio adapter. Real USB plug & play to upgrade any on-board soundcard to 5.1 Digital Surround Sound without any hardware installation. Connect speakers or headphones directly to the adapter and enjoy 3D positional sound and virtual 5.1ch sound. Powered by the USB port.

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External 5 1 USB 3D Audio Sound Card Adapter for PC Desktop Notebook Laptop

Great high quality product! Eliminate the need for a traditional sound card with this USB to Audio adapter. Real USB plug & play to upgrade any on-board soundcard to 5.1 Digital Surround Sound without any hardware installation. Connect a speaker or headphone directly to the adapter and enjoy 3D positional sound and virtual 5.1ch sound track. Use the USB port power directly.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Well worth the money
Well, what more can you ask for? I mean, I got it for $5 shipped. The next best price I could find is about $20. I know the microphone quality is not perfect. There are little static. It’s small so I don’t really care. All I use this for is to chat on PS3 using my regular headset. As long as the people on the other side can understand me, and I can understand them, I am happy.

1 Star Horrible Sound!
The sound is scratchy, extremely shockingly loud. Adjustments to the sound mixer cannot fix the sound. It seems like there is normal good sound coming through but then there’s this raspy 8 bit sounding fuzz that shadows the sound constantly. I am sure they could have eliminated the raspy fuzz with a simple filter but for some reason decided not to. I would not suggest buying this unless you enjoy raspy scratchy sound.

5 Stars Good product
I was convinced the only way I could ever get my sound back on my laptop was to get it fixed when my audio input jack was broken, but after doing some searching I found a product like this to try out. It has worked wonderfully and saved me a lot of money since I don’t need to get the whole computer fixed now for sound and I don’t have to deal with no sound at all. The speakers are a little more sensitive when you turn them up with this (it can go from being really quiet to suddenly pretty loud, but not that bad), but I would gladly pay the few dollars for this alternative for paying a few hundred dollars if not more to get the audio input jack fixed, which actually requires replacing the whole motherboard or something extreme like that if I remember correctly.

1 Star All around awful
The headphone jack in my computer broke, so I needed an alternative to be able to plug in my speakers. I would have been better off just buying new USB speakers instead of trying this. WOW the audio is bad. Just really, really, really bad. When playing video, the audio is tolerable, but playing any music is out of the question unless you like garbled, fuzzy, crackling sounds. Ugh. I guess you get what you pay for.

5 Stars Sound is Great! Instalation fool proof!
I upgraded my home theater pc to vista with a sound card that was incompatible. Plugged this thing in and instant sound. Sound is great. I do not use a mic so cannot comment on its quality. If you want sound from your computer do not hesitate to buy this!

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USB 2 0 External 5 1 Channel 3D Sound Card Adapter for PC Notebook Laptop

Great high quality product! Eliminate the need for a traditional sound card with this USB to Audio adapter. Real USB plug & play to upgrade any on-board soundcard to 5.1 Digital Surround Sound without any hardware installation. Connect a speaker or headphone directly to the adapter and enjoy 3D positional sound and virtual 5.1ch sound track. Use the USB port power directly.

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USB 2 0 External 5 1 Channel 3D Sound Card Adapter for PC Notebook Laptop

Great high quality product! Eliminate the need for a traditional sound card with this USB to Audio adapter. Real USB plug & play to upgrade any on-board soundcard to 5.1 Digital Surround Sound without any hardware installation. Connect a speaker or headphone directly to the adapter and enjoy 3D positional sound and virtual 5.1ch sound track. Use the USB port power directly.

User Ratings and Reviews

2 Stars Very Tinny
I guess this is better than nothing but the sound quality is pretty poor. You get a bit of a hum and the sound quality is very tinny. I would definitely not recommend this item.

4 Stars USB Sound Card Adapter for Laptop use
My company provided me a laptop for business use, and to make sure, ordered it from Lenovo without the sound hardware.

This device allows me to view You Tube videos now with sound. It works fine. Just plugged it in and it works.

It’s a little bulky, and when plugged in to my side USB port, it elevates the computer such that the weight is taken by the device. I have to put the laptop on a book when I use this adapter and have the adapter hang over the side of the book (we are talking about 1/4 inch) Also, I don’t like how the LED flashes constantly when audio streams thru.

It is inexpensive and works well except for the few negatives mentioned.

4 Stars so tiny!
on the picture it actually looks quite big.

well, it’s not!

when i opened the envelop it came in, i was amazed by it’s small size.

it works well, but the sound quality isn’t great.

4 Stars Passable Sound, Good Price, Nothing Fancy
I got this USB sound card to replace a bad sound card in a used Pentium II Thinkpad that I got. I am running Ubuntu Linux 8.10 which recognized the sound card, though you need to make sure it is OSS rather than ALSA on the settings. I had some reservations about ordering it, because of the number of reviews that had complaints. The sound was about the same quality as the sound card would have been if it was working, which is all that I wanted. The USB plug did not fit the side port, it was too thick on the plastic to snuggle in, so I used an extension USB inbetween and it worked fine. I did not want to buy a more expensive USB card and this one did the job. I did not test the microphone and do not know how it works.

5 Stars Inexpensive and functional.
These things do exactly as they say. Windows plug and play USB sound output. Hmmm, I haven’t used the input yet and I likely won’t. This must be the QUICKEST and EASIEST way add audio capabilities to a lacking computer.

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