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Asonic External USB2.0 8 Channel Sound Card
- £9.56ex vat
- £11.00inc vat
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- manufacturer #: A-CM106
- quickfind code: 106540
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Does the SPDIF passthrough fine
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Windows XPUsing the AC3 Filter I can get genuine Dolby Digital and DTS passthrough to my AV receiver. You have to use the filter's "trick" setting of otuputting SPDIF as PCM to get the data going to the reciever.
For a £10.99 soundcard I'm dead happy because my laptop is all set for home cinema. Also all sound goes through the SPDIF so music is fantastic quality too.
I was surprised to see that it includes a TOSlink cable! Rather scrawny one but at least it's there so you can get started straight away. Make sure you get AC3Filter though!!
Just what it says on the tin
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Not ApplicableBrilliant piece of kit. I need this when using my laptop for DJing. I needed a second soundcard on the laptop.
This does exactly what I wanted - gives a good enough sound quality to run through to the amp, and my laptop still allows access to the old soundcard - so I can use both simultaniously (for cueing up etc)
Id reccomend this - the price is a steal.
On the slight downside, the usb cable attatched to the actual soundcard is tiny. So they have included a USB extension cable - but this is just a little bit too long. But still 5 stars.
How to get opitcal surround working in vista
Hi there you can get it to work with this workaround.
1. Right click the speaker icon in task bar then Playback device.
2. Set "Speakers" as the default device for c-media device.
3.Then click speakers again and the configure button at the bottom left of the box will light up.
4. Then use the configure to select what speaker setup you have. then exit
5.Then goto the C-media control panel Set "SPDIF Out" as the output device for Digital sound.
6. Then select what output you want and quality.
You will then have Surround sound through the optical in Vista.
Vista handles sounds different to XP so you have to use this workaround.
Hope that helps
Works in linux
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LinuxPlug it in and it works a charm with my 5.1 speakers. No CDs or drivers needed. Plug it in and turn up the bass.
Even works on Linux (Ubuntu)
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LinuxI bought this as I managed to destroy my audio jack on my laptop. Arrived, and when it came to unpacking it, I noticed the CD and a terrible sadness came over me as I remembered I didn't run Windows XP. 'This is never going to work with Linux' I thought.
I was wrong. Go into the Preferences -> Multimedia Systems Selector, change from the default motherboard soundsource to autoselect and I was suddenly deafened.
Turned down the headphone volume and all was peachy.
I'm frankly stunned!
(Keep a tube of superglue handy though, the silver bit on top is a sticker, which was peeling off.)
questions answered?
To answer some of the questions, and ask another...
1.The sound card has optical in and out
2.It installs itself under XP, and has drivers on the CD that seem to work fine
3.I can monitor recording sound through the optical output
All I have managed to achieve with the optical input is to get 'white noise'. I know for sure that the input signal is fine, why can't I get it coming into through the laptop? The input control software appears to have the optical input disabled... any ideas? Any help would be appreciated
The guy who said he'd managed to record onto SoundForge via optical- any hints?
Cheers
Same as paul
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Windows VistaI also am using this card for djing on my laptop, it works fine on Virtual DJ. The short USB cable is a let down, but what do you expect for 10 quid?
Also, I took a chance with this because I couldn't find out if it worked with Vista or not, and thankfully, it does.
Amazed
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Windows VistaAn amazing sound card. I cannot believe the price and the audio quality. Works in Vista - easy set-up. The drivers are excellent and auto detect outputs etc. My laptop is now connected to my stereo and sounds great. Get one.
Works fine
Worked immediately. I didn't bother to install the driver from the CD and it came up in Audacity and Soundforge as USB Audio. Does what it says on the tin.
Later I installed the CD in case I was missing something interesting. All I got was a couple of meaningless applns and now Audacity thinks that it is recording from a mic - but still records perfectly. Sounds & Multimedia (and Soundforge) now think that it is a "C-Media USB Sound Device".
I have only tried to record speech stuff from the radio but sounds good. Excellent value for money, but I wouldn't bother with the CD.
Awesome bit of kit
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Windows VistaUSB cable on it is REALLY short (10cm) but comes with an also short (50cm) extension cable. Has TOSLink (optical) in and out, 2 mic inputs, line in, aux in, and 4 outputs (for the 7.1).
Works on Vista64 and XP64 (I assume it works on 32-bit as well).
I have only used the digital out on it, but the sound quality is flawless. Shows up in windows just like a normal sound card, using it with Media Player Classic and FFDShow to pipe out Dolby Prologic II sound which it works great with.
Would give it 4 stars because of the short USB cable but it's so cheap you can afford to buy an extension cable as well! :)
