SOMAKE Virtual Surround 7.1 USB 2.0 External Sound Card
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Rediculous that these cheap USB soundcards perform better than all motherboards even when they claim to have premium onboard sound.
why is it ridiculous? they are both cheapest possible construction, except that these aren't operating in a highly (electrically) noisy environment like a PC case.
Can you clarify this please? Are you saying internal sounds cards have reduced performance due to electrical noise interference from other components in the case?
Totally. This is one of the main reasons advocating external sound processing.
@stonkered: He's incorrect, there is no such thing as electrical interference from being close to something inside a PC case.
There are many examples of internal soundcards and motherboard chipset sound solutions that have zero interference.
It's actually true. There is noise and it's worsened by passthrough.
Trying connecting headphones to your front headphone jack on your case. With nothing playing, you should hear noise.
Same goes if your speakers have a volume control knob that has a headphone jack. If you plug the headphones into that, you will get noise also.
This won't happen with an external DAC though.
Or if you plug your headphones straight into the sound card.
@lostn:
Oddly, my front panel audio jack has less noise than the ones in the back bracket.
MB: ASUS Z270 AR
These sound nowhere near as good as any onboard audio from the past 10-15 years (I have the exact model), but more than usable. They do throw a lot of power through the amp stage but seriously lack depth, separation and are sloppy in comparison.
That said, great for the price (I was expecting much worse when I ordered mine).
Its pretty bad. Decent static hiss but otherwise usable.
Rediculous that these cheap USB soundcards perform better than all motherboards
Except that they don't.
It can't be good for this price.
I have this, it sounds fine not as good as decent MOBO PC audio is now days (they have improved a lot) but perfectly acceptable for no audiophile work, we used them for doing dictation in companies that had audio issues on there PC's or laptop, cheap and effective.
not a "sound card" just an Audio Adapter,
also just stereo sounds can't be 7.1 with only 1 3.5mm jack out put.
well i mean it's not a "card" (who even uses those anymore) but it definitely operates as one.
I do.
What do you use?
I use a Focusrite interface with some powered monitors and an Aune T1 DAC/amp for my high impedance headphones. Both are "sound cards"
not about the shape,
sound card should have at least the DAC function, and this so called "sound card" don't have this, it still requires a sound card in ur pc to run.
my build in sound card was fked once, i bought something like this to try to "fix" the problem and it won't work.
No, DAC's should have DAC's in them, I could point out many sub-100$ soundcards without a DAC.
@dfaktz:
what u talking about?
DAC's ofcoz have a DAC's in itself!!
soundcards it also got a DAC in itself, u could get another better DAC but don't have to had one, ur sound card can do the DAC. i really dont get ur point.
Err.. anything which converts digital to analogue audio is a DAC. This adapter is a DAC, the iphone lightning to 3.5mm cable is a DAC and a motherboard sound chipset is a DAC.
This works in a system with no mb audio. If it didnt work for your broken system it has nothing to do with lack of what you call a DAC.
Some of the things which seperate a cheap DAC and expensive one is, bit depth, power output, sampling rate, signal cleanliness (SNR) and format support (PCM, dolby etc)
You're right in saying that this isn't a sound card, but your argument is about as far off as it could be.
A sound card (USB, FireWire, PCI or whatever) has it's own processor, where as this relies on host CPU as these conform to the USB Audio Device Class Specification.
sound card should have at least the DAC function, and this so called "sound card" don't have this,
This device is literally just a low-cost DAC/ACD (probably something from TI PCM27xx/PCM29xx series) in a plastic shell with a couple 3.5mm sockets, resistors, etc.
How would you hear anything if it didn't have a digital-to-analog converter?
How would input be digitized without a analog-to-digital converter?
it still requires a sound card in ur pc to run.
This is simply not true. The only requirement is for the host system to support the USB Audio Device Class Specification. This is also the very reason why drivers aren't needed. Considering that it's a USB 1.0 specification that means just about every Windows/Mac/Linux computer out there will support it assuming of course it has a USB port. These even work with Playstation 3, which is great as it doesn't have 3.5mm audio socket :)
Speakers can't be 7.1, but headphones can with virtual surround software.
virtual surround = stereo
with a real 7.1 you need to have actual jacks for the left/right rear side and center.
If the recording is made for it then yes it's just playing stereo.
But 7.1 playback has its timing set for speakers positioned a couple of metres away (unless it has a headphone optimised audio file option, which has become more common these days than it was a decade ago).
The virtual 7.1 is about turning the external speaker surround into something closer to eardrum timing and frequency/echo to simulate earlobe effects (ears have weird twisty shapes for a reason).
Everything can do the conversion now, like this $1 delivered stuff. But that's what virtual 7.1 is, conversion of surround speaker 7.1 to headphone optimised.
as i said below, the 7.1 is the definition of speakers, headphone can simulate surround sound but not specifically to 7.1
Virtual surround.
You only have 2 eardrums and the brain processes directional sound from timing, frequency shifts and volume changes as head moves.
The effect can be pretty convincing, and not too hard or high-tech to make. Binaural recordings use microphones embedded in a rubber head with anatomically correct ear shapes to get stereo sound close to what your eardrums hear, which his your ear the same when played via in-ears and good headphones. Eg https://youtu.be/IUDTlvagjJA
Virtual surround trust to manipulate basic stereo into 3D, it's digital and not great, muddys up the sound and usually worse though can have more distinct direction.
Software on PC can also do it and for a while now some games support it properly in the engine.
dude the definition of 7.1 is for speakers not headphones.
Virtual surround 7.1 means use 7.1 speaker system to simulate the virtual surrounding sounds.
if u wanna talk about headphones, ar there any differece between 5.1 and 7.1 or 9.1?
The term has been in common use for ages, it doesn't matter that it misappropriated the 7.1 term. It means converting surround sound into something which gives a better surround effect for headphones than plain stereo did.
no! read my first reply to lostn, it doesn't converting anything, the sound signals ar from the sound card of ur pc not this device, it just an adapter
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It means converting surround sound into something which gives a better surround effect for headphones than plain stereo did.
no, completely the opposite, u could try this with ur pc, plug in ur headphone and switch between stereo and 7.1 speaker.
dude the definition of 7.1 is for speakers not headphones.
Exactly right, and exactly what the sound card will advertise itself to be, via the driver, to the OS. So, if you're playing pre-recorded 7.1, as would be in a Blu-ray, nether the application nor the OS need to do downmixing, rather the sound card will do it.
The problem with virtual surround sound is not the transfer function - the maths and modelling isn't wrong - but that it's static rather than dynamic as would be with natural head movements that the listener would normally do involuntarily. These small head movements provide brain with continuous alterations of heard sound characteristics that allow it to get sense of direction and space (via echo), and, it can't be simulated because the brain also uses its balance system to confirm head movement.
VR goggles now have the head movement sensors, though movies can't really take advantage of it since it needs to be first person.
Games can, though it still has a long way to go.
movies can't really take advantage of it
they don't need to - it's the processor that needs to synchronise transfer function with head movement. As long as the sound processing dynamically changes when you move your head, virtual surround sound works!
Future high-end headphones might incorporate head tracking; or, with iPhone X this is already possible (from the front) - Dolby just needs to tweak its (since IOS 9.3) downmix processing.
Jesus,what is all this crap I'm buying!?… I mean ummm…thanks monty, I really needed those items!
Jesus,what is all this crap I'm buying!?…
It's imported landfill, subsidised by you.
Okay an external sound card would be useful to eliminate all of the static and other noises emanating from your stock sound card when you plug in a set of headphones via the 3.5mm jack.
Might also be useful for recording cleaner audio from a mic with a 3.5mm jack.
Yeah these are not great for audio out unless you're stuck but they're sufficient for input IMO. That's what I used mine for when I had a laptop with unusably noisy mic input.
We use these exact USB Soundcards on our Network Monitor servers so that we hear a sound when any of our network devices go down.
Really handy because they are Windows Server 2008 R2 plug n play compatible.
Thanks monty.melb, bought the sound card :)
Thanks monty.melb, these USB audio devices are handy for improving Raspberry Pi audio capabilities. (If you have a lot of Pi, Brodettes can add up to 5 at the discount price.)
thanks, actually purchased something I NEED from here.. shocking :)
I don't understand how you do this for a dime, but I'm not complaining.
will the PS4 recognize this? Or will it require drivers?
lol just lol
Why lol? It recognizes some USB DACs.
Damn, I regret spending $150 on my fiio headphone amp/DAC now. I could have bought hundreds of these instead.
Which one did you get?
Fiio E17, I got r years ago actually. Pretty good with my M50s
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Must be a great soundcard for 69cents…
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Has anybody received their soundcard yet? How long does it take to ship from Gearbest to NSW Australia?
Just got mine today. It depends I have had them delivered within 3 weeks sometimes it takes 4-6 weeks. GB state 45 business days for their free shipping option, so you will have to wait till after then for them to issue you a refund.
Thanks. Yep, I've received mine now too. :-)
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Used to buy these USB-type sound cards, years ago, for the poor desktop-tower folks who ended up with front USB but no front headset/mic. I always keep a couple of them, even now.
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