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Pros & Cons

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Pros

This thing is great! Buying another as backup. Plugged it in and connected to a soundbar worked straight away. Checked a few things by ringing up startech.

Good quality sound card for connecting to a laptop usb port. The digital is over the analogue card from the laptop but under a brand digital converter. Only downside, if i change the usb plug then the computer forgets that it knows this device and i h...  Read More



Cons

Startech support states that the device is not supported for linux. Sound output is muted on the linux/pi, compared to the £6 kit.

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Highlights

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Quality


Works great sound quality is excellent


A good quality sound card for connecting to a laptop usb port


Sound quality is far improved with no trace of interference and music on my computer especially 320kbs files sound far better


Very good and audio quality not bad for the money

Competitiveness


I was looking for a way to get spdif digital out of my laptop saw this


Laptop headphone jack became broke excellent replacement with this device and more importantly its 24bit at a bargain price


Plugged it in and connected to a soundbar worked straight away


Checked a few things by ringing up startech

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  • This product had a total of 367 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 5 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Other adapter i tried only delivered 16bit


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    My work pc has an abysmal onboard soundcard really tinny so i wanted a cheap usb dac to get decent sound


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Checked a few things by ringing up startech


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This solved the sound problem and all i had to do was plug it in


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    My on board sound card failed on my pc


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Saw this and thought might as well try it given its pretty cheap


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It turned out to be a good bet


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Its loud enough with a good recording to stop me turning it up full blast even at my agebtw this is very small device so not going to swallow up lots of space on your desk

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