USB sound card for laptop?

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optemist2011-04-11 13:14:17

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optemist, 2011-04-11 13:14:17

Good day.
I often listen to music from a laptop, in connection with this I decided to purchase an external sound system.
I mainly buy for music, sometimes games and movies.
I myself am not very strong in this matter, so I decided to find out Habrausers.
Headphones: Technics RP-DH1201E-S.

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demoded, 2011-04-11
@optemist

cheap and cheerful - Musiland monitor mini
cgi.ebay.com/USB-Digital-Sound-Card-Musiland-Monitor-01-MINI-/260520360690?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3ca8393af2

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Weballergy, 2011-04-11
@Weballergy

Get something from ESI. The price/quality ratio is excellent. I use ESI UGM96, (the choice is due to the presence of a guitar at home and an acceptable price), the quality is quite satisfactory, there are no problems with WIN7 (some USB sound devices flatly refuse to see the microphone and are supplied without drivers at all in the seven). But there is another problem with the microphone - it does not provide any power to the microphone, unlike conventional built-in sound cards, therefore, no microphones other than dynamic ones will work without additional power, and most microphones are now on sale electret.

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soks, 2011-04-11
@soks

I would choose something from Creative, they have a good sound, and the price is human) And more specifically, I have a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Go! Pro is happy with everything)

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batal, 2011-04-12
@batal

I have Musiland Monitor 01 US - I recommend it.

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sintez, 2011-04-11
@sintez

For music, you can try the external lamp Laconic Lunch Box T-DAC. It will sound incomparably better than any cards from the Audigy family and others like them. But here the question rests on the budget. (7500 rubles in Russia doctorhead.ru/catalogue/?i=1475 )

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Alexey Buraikin, 2011-04-11
@bstdman

From myself I would advise ESI UGM96 : it has been working fine for a couple of years. As a bonus, you get two 1/4'' TRS stereo outputs (the so-called BigJack) - for headphones and, for example, for outputting sound to an amplifier, and two 1/4'' TRS mono inputs for connecting a guitar or microphone.
It starts without any problems on WinXP x86, Win7 x86-i64. The only thing, depending on how you install the driver, you can get volume control using the utility provided with the driver, or using the Windows mixer.