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stb

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Registered: 2007-03-13

Posts: 40

Need Soundcard advice: USB + SPDIF

I'm searchin' for a flawlessly working soundcard which has SPDIF output and is connected via USB. Recommendations?

/stb

xenobrain

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From: Lodi, CA

Registered: 2006-05-31

Posts: 91

Re: Need Soundcard advice: USB + SPDIF

I have a Terratec Producer Phase26 USB sound card. S/PDIF works perfectly in Arch Linux. It's intended for use in a semipro home studio though, so it's probably overkill for what you need it for.

http://audioen.terratec.net/modules.php … icle&sid=6

I also spotted this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6829102174) at newegg, it has an s/pdif out and only costs  $53 USD. No idea whether it works or not but EMU10K cards are very well supported by ALSA so it probably does.

Last edited by xenobrain (2007-03-15 21:19:22)

newgargamel

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From: PL, CZ

Registered: 2005-08-28

Posts: 156

Re: Need Soundcard advice: USB + SPDIF

M-Audio Audiophile USB - works great!

stb

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Registered: 2007-03-13

Posts: 40

Re: Need Soundcard advice: USB + SPDIF

Thank you both. I'm not generally turned off higher priced cards since I play some e-guitar in my spare time. I intend to use it primarly on a latop for multimedia use. Well powered, used laptops are so damn cheap and they give a nice multimedia home setup for watching DVD, TV via DVB-s, recording, etc. The only bad thing about them is the built-in sound card.