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 & 10.7. no setup, no drivers, work a... 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 & 10.7. no setup, no drivers, work when plugged in. sound quality is not so good. interferences, noises. but for the price is hard to beat. a little big for the usb port on the macbook pro (2009 model) does a good job for the price ! Read more

- great cheap replacement of often failing laptop sound jack sockets - volume buttons also modify windows volume - use with usb extension chord - handle with care, don't put pressure on the usb connector always order two of these, so you have a replacement for if something happens. you can't for... - great cheap replacement of often failing laptop sound jack sockets - volume buttons also modify windows volume - use with usb extension chord - handle with care, don't put pressure on the usb connector always order two of these, so you have a replacement for if something happens. you can't expect great solid quality for this price, so a spare one always keeps you safe - it works on all versions of windows and has a good sound quality great deal instead of a $100+ laptop repair of sound jack sockets Read more

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 // Facil de usar e instalar. Plug en... 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 // Facil de usar e instalar. Plug and play, funciona bien en windows XP y 7. El sonido y el microfono es bueno y limpio. Tiene un led que informa que esta en uso y conectado. El chipset es CMEDIA. El precio es muy barato. Tiene botones de control, utiles (vol + - mute mic y mute speak) ENG // Not CD included, but is plug and play, so not is necessary. Not include line IN. Inform that is 7.1 but not have connector to do this... ESP // No inlcuye CD pero es plug and play, asi que no es necesario. No incluye entrada de linea. Informa que es 7.1 pero no tiene conectores para hacerlo. ENG // None, the product was as expected. ESP // Ninguno, el producto es el esperado. ENG // Very cheap and usefull. Much usefull if you need a second output audio for a monitor or a music output. The buttons are very confortable to use. ESP // Muy barato por la funcionalidad. Interesante si se quiere una segunda salida de audio para un monitor o para salida musical. Los botones hacen muy confortable usarlo. Read more

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 which the soundcard also works... 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 which the soundcard also works great. Sound was tested with a Philips stereo amplifier and two Kef Kresta speakers. - the soundcard blocks other usb ports - just stereo, no option for 7.1 sound - Did not compare the soundcard to other usb soundcards perhaps the sound quaility with more expensive speakers is even better. But there is no bass distortion. Good product for the price. Read more

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 correctly. All functions of the buttons... 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 correctly. All functions of the buttons (mute, volume) work great in both Ubuntu and Windows 7 without installing any driver The effect of 7.1 does not persive way too .... but you may notice a slight improvement over the 2.1 output Very happy because it worked in Ubuntu, which is what I wanted Read more

Doesn't require any drivers under Windows XP. Build seems fairly sturdy. Sound quality seems quite good. 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 nicely I bought this for a friend whose sound... Doesn't require any drivers under Windows XP. Build seems fairly sturdy. Sound quality seems quite good. 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 nicely I bought this for a friend whose sound card had died. They plugged this one in, let Windows detect it and install native drivers, and they were off to the races. It gave their old computer some continued life, and made them happy to be able to hear their music again. Seems like a good choice if your computer's sound card is broken. Read more

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" function is active is a... 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" function is active is a very useful feature could be a little small! nothing else! great quality and low price. That dongle is quite useful, if you don´t have audio connections in front of your CPU, or if you have other audio output connected to it, like speakers. Read more

- 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) - Build quality is meh, don't drop it or dump it at the bottom of the bag. Then again, you... - 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) - Build quality is meh, don't drop it or dump it at the bottom of the bag. Then again, you could just buy another one... - At least under Linux, the default sound level is very, very loud on moderately efficient earphones. The lowest you can get (3%--anything below cuts off the sound completely...) is still loud to my ears. Above? Forget about it. - Probably violates a bunch of EU regulations given the loudness :) I bought this mainly because I wanted to listen to music on my work laptop, but every time the hard drive was spinning, some annoying hiss would present itself in my beautiful music. Knowing that the motherboard sound cards tend to have poor isolation from the rest of the innards, I decided a USB sound card would do the trick, and looked for a cheap one that didn't make my ears bleed. This one fits the deal well. The high volume is annoying; presumably under Windows, the driver controls it using software. Under Linux, the buttons on the dongle don't do anything. Thus you must resort to trickery. For those using Linux and ALSA, use the following /etc/asound.conf: pcm.softvol { type softvol slave { pcm "hw:0,0" } control { name "Master" card 0 } } pcm.!default { type plug slave.pcm "softvol" } This assumes you don't have another sound card (including built-in); if you do, you'll need to replace hw:0,0 with hw:1,0 or something similar if you have 2 or more additional sound cards. See the ALSA docs for more details on how to disable your built-in sound card. I think it's quite hard to get better for the money. Of course, it's not a USB DAC or an earphone amplifier, but it does the job as well as the Intel HDA soundcards integrated on motherboards, without the hisses from various electronics in the computer. The chipset on this dongle is listed as "USB-Audio - C-Media USB Headphone Set" by ALSA. Once you fix the ALSA settings to use softvol, it's an awesome Linux USB sound card. Read more

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 protection whatsoever. great STEREO output... 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 protection whatsoever. great STEREO output card. Low noise compared to the cheaper DX's jewel-colored cards. not native 7.1, only an effect that depends on different drivers that you must supply yourself. won't fit stacked on the adjacent ports on laptops that arenot spaced part. never tried the buttons on it. not really needed. don't try to force 2 of them into adjacent laptop ports, you might break the ports or the cards. you can't go wrong with any of these cards sporting the CMEDIA chipsets. Read more

* easy to use * no drivers needed * plug and play * great price * good sound quality * acceptable build quality * 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 as the other ones * the green... * easy to use * no drivers needed * plug and play * great price * good sound quality * acceptable build quality * 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 as the other ones * the green led flashes like a madman when active Probably the same product as http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.21812 and http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.8978 but in white and cheaper Works perfectly with windows 7 Would buy it again Read more