Reddit reviews 7.1 Channel USB External Sound Card Audio Adapter
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7.1 Channel External USB Audio Sound Card AdapterUSB 2.0 Full-Speed (12Mbps) SpecificationConnectors: USB Type A, Stereo output jack, mono microphone input jackUSB bus-powered, no external power requiredLED indicators: Microphone-Mute Status, Activity
Sorry about your luck. Tbh though, unless it's a brand new laptop I'd just buy one of these:
https://www.amazon.ca/HDE-Channel-External-Sound-Adapter/dp/B0027EMHM6
Or any equivalent thing.
Unrelated to the post but I had similar problems with the audio on my desktop. I got this off Amazon(.ca) and it worked well. It's just something that plugs into a USB slot and gives you another audio port. It shipped from China and took forever to get here but it was cheap.
Go with something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0027EMHM6/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?qid=1408878246&sr=8-6&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70
I hated the sound in my old work laptop, so i bought one of these - I think I paid like $10, but I don't remember the brand. The sound was actually really good when compared to other laptops in the office.
(Warning: probably won't live up to an audiophiles expectations.)
Here is a cheap one. There are many other reasonably priced ones on Amazon.
What I did for my PS3 is getting a USB microphone/headset adapater. My headset (wired) has 2 different cords, one is speaker, other is microphone which makes this work just fine.
So my microphone cord goes into the USB adapter and my headset cord goes into my RCA to 3.5mm adapter for the PS3.
Here are a couple of pics: http://www.amazon.com/HDE-Channel-External-Sound-Adapter/dp/B0027EMHM6/ref=pd_cp_pc_2
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10429&cs_id=1042902&p_id=7190&seq=1&format=2
Then in my PS3 settings I changed microphone and headphones to come out of the proper channels aka USB and RCA.
Audio adaptor
I have two, and both work fine:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001MSS6CS
and
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0027EMHM6
and the OS just thinks they are sound cards.
Like that
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001GUY5PY/ref=redir_mdp_mobile
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0027EMHM6/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1370642748&sr=8-2&pi=SL75
i have this one. (USB stick) it works fine. only $2.50!
http://www.amazon.com/Channel-External-Sound-Audio-Adapter/dp/B0027EMHM6/ref=pd_cp_e_2
Idk man I'm pretty stuck on $65. $30 sound cards are nice but an adapter that matches the original onboard sound anyways is $2
It really isn't that hard to attempt, depending on your laptop of course.
You would just remove a few screws, take the case off, and then hold a heat gun to it for a bit, till the solder melts (trying to keep the hot air away from everything else of course).
However, if you have never done anything of the sort before, I would just buy a usb sound card / headphones.
Here is a REALLY cheap one, with free shipping. Not the best, and the "7.1" is virtual, but it will do stereo fine. This is quite a bit better, with real surround sound 5.1 support, for pretty cheap still (if you get a usb sound card, I would get this one).
You can also get this as a cheap usb headset. Logitech is a good brand, so they could be pretty good headphones. For a bit more, you can get this one which has 5.1 surround sound, force feedback (awesome for games), ect. Also Arctic is a good brand, though with coolers stuff. However, if you have the money, I would get this. It is 7.1 surround sound, and Logitech. But ALOT of money.
I don't known what OS you use, but all of them should work with Windows. I also know that the second usb sound card works on linux, and the rest should work too, as ever random usb sound stuff I hooked up just worked (and Linux just rules with stuff like this). However, if you use OSX, that I don't know. Might be best to get one that specifically supports OSX.
Hey, I don't want to throw a wet blanket on all the fun of wiring up a DAC inside a speaker box...but why not just get a little
$7$4 usb sound stick and use the 3.5 mm audio jack to supply your speaker box...which now only needs an amplifier and 3.5 mm input jack...you could probably just hack those out of a cheap set of computer speakers from Goodwill.I recently bought a pair of superlux hd668b's and a usb to aux adapter for my condenser mic and headphones to plug into,when I plug my hd668b's into the adapter the audio sounds alot less bass-heavy and the treble sounds louder,is this because of the extra power being supplied to the headphones allowing the headphones to sound how they're intended to or should I not use this adapter?,the impedance on hd668b's is 56 if that helps.
oh and btw this is the adapter i'm using
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Channel-External-Sound-Audio-Adapter/dp/B0027EMHM6