Pros & Cons
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.
Highlights
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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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