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9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 horrible output sound quality Sep 02, 2008
By Lanchon
I bought this item after reading the reviews, hoping that the sound output would be better than those chinese $4 devices you can find anywhere with shipping included. my suspicion now is that this item is in fact that same device in a different plastic case (which by the way is not a quality case either).
the output sound quality is horrendous, lacking definition and response in the high end of the spectrum. no amount of fiddling with software or external EQs can rescue the sound to an acceptable quality level. also, when wave and mixer volumes are maxed out (the default setting) the device saturates horribly.
I'm not an audiophile but I have good hearing and pay attention to detail. the device delivers unacceptable performance for music playback (including movie viewing IMHO) but could be used for voice or game sound effects. or for any use if you have a dirt-cheap speaker system.
I haven't tested the input.
also note that I got this item in black, not white as shown.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 No problems whatsoever. May 02, 2008
By Nicholas Perez
I ordered this for my Acer laptop when the built in sound-card broke. The adapter itself is too big to fit into a USB port without blocking access to another, but they realized this and included a small USB extension cord, which is convenient & completely solves the problem. I'm running Vista, and upon plugging the device in, it was recognized automatically without the need for any manual driver installation. The reports from other reviews about it being rather loud are true, but I noticed no distortion and was able to get it to a perfectly reasonable level. I had no issues with audio latency either. Recommended.
11 of 13 found the following review helpful:
 sound is fine, but volume control is poor Apr 14, 2008
By Richard Edwards
I got this for my laptop, which has awful sound. The sound from this USB adapter is fine, and a big improvement over the internal sound adapter.
But... the volume is way to high. I listen with headphones, so it is very uncomfortable when the volume gets wrong. I have the volume set at 3 (out of 100!) and go up to 5 in a noisy office. And that is with the application levels set very low too. Every so often some rude application makes a warning beep at high volume and just about scares me out of my skin.
Get this adapter if you will use it with speakers with a volume control. Don't get this adapter to use with headphones unless they have a volume control.
Get this adapter if you are deaf, or want to be deaf.
11 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Output is fine, input is not May 15, 2008
By cpldc
I bought this for my MacBook Pro, which has line-in but no microphone input. I wanted a microphone input so that I could use a headset with Skype. I plugged the unit in and had to do nothing else (no drivers necessary). However, I found that no matter what I did, the input had a constant loud noise in the background. It varied if I touched the USB adapter or the computer, but it did not matter what microphone I tried. I also tried to move it away from the computer using the included extension cable as well as a 6ft. extension cable I use without issue for my HDTV tuner and neither improved the noise.
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 USB Sound Card Oct 23, 2007
By Steven Harris
This device works well with our computer. It was shipped to us quickly and fully intact. Very easy to use and good value for price paid. Overall nothing but good things to say.
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