Thanks, was looking for a cheap yet decent USB sound card, ordered from Amazon!
padamowicz93
21 May 17#5
What are the advantages of using one when compared to normal sound card in my laptop?
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21 May 17#6
Depends on the audio chip that your laptop has, but often the onboard solution has a decidedly non-flat frequency response curve, see the review I linked above for an example from an Acer 1810TZ; often this is not explored in reviews of laptops as most people don't care. Bottom line, if you tink the sound on your laptop is pants, get a USB sound card.
This Xonar U3, however, doesn't do 24-bit / 192 kHz (only 16-bit / 48 kHz) so has a pretty big limitation with BluRay etc. The Xonar U5 or U7 would, but they're never this cheap.
chrisgw3
23 May 17#7
Many thanks, OP.
Picked one up yesterday to use with my Joggler running Squeezeplay. Works great out of the box. (Just set to external audio in squeezeplay settings).
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These were also £17.97 recently but have dropped further it seems.
Same price on Amazon but for Prime members only.
Comes with the usb sound card, usb extension cable and an S/PDIF TOSLINK optical adapter.
More info on the card here: https://www.asus.com/us/Sound-Cards/Xonar_U3/
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Drivers for Windows XP through to Windows 10.
This Xonar U3, however, doesn't do 24-bit / 192 kHz (only 16-bit / 48 kHz) so has a pretty big limitation with BluRay etc. The Xonar U5 or U7 would, but they're never this cheap.
Picked one up yesterday to use with my Joggler running Squeezeplay. Works great out of the box. (Just set to external audio in squeezeplay settings).