Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:more than 1 month Pros:cheap, can't have a better external audio solution costing less than this one ! not perfect but work OK for the price, perfect for quick use like watching movie, playing games on laptop or computer. mine is running on an old 2009 macbook pro using osx 10.6 &am... Read more

Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:more than 1 month Pros:- great cheap replacement of often failing laptop sound jack sockets - volume buttons also modify windows volume Cons:- use with usb extension chord - handle with care, don't put pressure on the usb connector OtherThoughts:always order two of these, so you hav... Read more

Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:more than 1 month Pros:ENG // Easy to use and setup. Plug and play, work fine in Windows XP and 7; The sound and mic are good and clear. Have a led to inform use and conection. The chipset is CMEDIA. The price is very cheap. Have buttons useful (vol - +, mute mic and mute speak) ESP... Read more

Involvement:General (knows how to use it) - Ownership:more than 1 month Pros:Good soundcard, ordered one for my Qnap TS-210 NAS (network attached storage). This NAS has a feature to support soundcards. You can than play mp3's through the web interface or through an app on your Android or Apple Iphone. I later switched to a Synology DS212j on whi... Read more

Involvement:Novice  (still getting used to it) - Ownership:1 week to 1 month Pros:Quality: The plastic is good quality, except for the buttons are a bit hard and difficult to use. Use: It worked perfectly in Ubuntu (which surprised me) with just plugging it automatically detects an output device. Also tested with Windows 7 and it worked cor... Read more

Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:more than 1 month Pros:Doesn't require any drivers under Windows XP. Build seems fairly sturdy. Sound quality seems quite good. Cons:Couldn't get the volume buttons to work. The leds are quite bright and are a bit distracting in a dark room. But a little tape fixes that problem nice... Read more

Involvement:General (knows how to use it) - Ownership:1 week to 1 month Pros:Good Build Quality; The buttons volume +/- and mute works perfectly (at least to me); Low/unnoticeable background noise using it at moderate volume; plug and play in win 7, you don´t need to find drives on the web! The red led that indicates when the "mute&quo... Read more

Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:1 week to 1 month Pros:- No driver in modern OSs - Supports Linux (with caveats, see below) - Cheap! - Sound quality is quite acceptable, even with relatively good earphones (VSonic GR07, which are near top-tier in-ear earphones) Cons:- Build quality is meh, don't drop it or dump it... Read more

Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:more than 1 month Pros:NO drivers to install as any modern OS will recognize it as a standard usb audio interface. Has CMEDIA chip in it. Perfect for Virtual DJ, Mixmeister, Traktor, and other software DJ software. can take the beating of being thrown inside a gear bag with no prote... Read more

Involvement:General (knows how to use it) - Ownership:less than 1 day Pros:* easy to use * no drivers needed * plug and play * great price * good sound quality * acceptable build quality Cons:* build quality is acceptable, but still handle with care * mic an earphone plugs need to be pushed quite hard to go in * mic mute button not so sensitive... Read more