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SIIG USB SoundWave 7.1 Pro RoHS

$45.00 Est. at Amazon

Positives: Card Interface: USB, Output Mode: 7.1 Channel Surround, Form Factor: External Device and Plug-In Card, Compatible Audio Standards: DirectSound,A3D,EAX

2 RECOMMENDED by 0 people for OVERALL

Creative Technology X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity Souind card

Creative Technology Creative X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity Souind card - USB Sound Card

$63.00 Est. at Amazon

Positives: Card Interface: USB, Surround Mode, Form Factor: External, Package Content: I/O Console,3.5 mm (1/8-inch) to 6.35 mm (1/4-inch) plug adapter

3 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for OVERALL

Voyetra Turtle Beach 1131-01 Audio Advantage SRM

Voyetra Turtle Beach Turtle Beach 1131-01 Audio Advantage SRM External USB Sound Card

$74.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the creative card, and i assume the new one too, but i don't know for sure, came with tons and tons of useful software: fast rippers and converters and mp3 players and on and on.
from www.amazon.com
you can record one entire minidisc at a time, then separate each track individually.
from www.amazon.com
the turtle beach srm comes with all of the necessary connections, and two built in mic's to boot.
from www.amazon.com
i bought this to improve the accuracy of my dragon naturally speaking software with my laptop, but now use the optical out to my denon ht receiver for music, internet radio, my slingbox and even skype

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Positives: Great Performance, Easy To Use, Easy Installation, Card Interface: USB

4 RECOMMENDED by 0 people for OVERALL

M-Audio USB Midisport 4x4

$149.00 Est. at Amazon

Positives: Card Interface: USB, Form Factor: External

5 RECOMMENDED by 0 people for OVERALL

Creative Technology EM8750

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Positives: Card Interface: USB, Sound Synthesis Method: MIDI

Numark DJ/iO

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Positives: Card Interface: USB, Form Factor: External

AudioTrak Maya EX5

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Positives: Card Interface: USB, Output Mode: 5.1 Channel Surround, Form Factor: External

M-Audio Sonica usb Audio sound Adapter

$600.00 Est. at Amazon

Positives: Card Interface: USB, Output Mode: 5.1 Channel Surround, Form Factor: External

Trust Sound Expert 510EX

$238.00 Est. at Amazon

Positives: Card Interface: USB, Output Mode: 5.1 Channel Surround, Form Factor: External, Compatible Audio Standards: DirectSound,A3D,EAX

Alesis IO 2

$149.00 Est. at Amazon

Positives: Card Interface: USB, Form Factor: External, Compatible Audio Standards: ASIO 2

Guillemot Gamesurround™ Muse™ Pocket

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Positives: Card Interface: USB, Output Mode: 5.1 Channel Surround, Form Factor: External

M-Audio Fast Track USB

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Positives: Card Interface: USB, Output Mode: AC-3 (Dolby Digital), Form Factor: External, Compatible Audio Standards: AC-3,DTS

Edirol UM-3EX

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Positives: Card Interface: USB, Form Factor: External

Voyetra Turtle Beach TBS-1120-01 External Sound

$38.00 Est. at Amazon

from Kewl1 from Melbourne, FL, www.circuitcity.com
but plug in this turtle beach micro, and you'll have plenty of sound amplification and depth for even 2 headphones using a splitter (couple it with bose headphones for an incredible audio experience).
from www.tigerdirect.com
instead of replacing it, i installed this micro usb card.
from Trance from STL, www.circuitcity.com
this is my frist review on circuitcity.com and i have to say that this product was the second best purchase i made for my laptop, the first was the miccrosoft wireless mouse.
from Trance from STL, www.circuitcity.com
i use a sony headphone to listen to music and it sounds amazing.
from dadatwork657, www.shopping.com
it is a very inexpensive way to transport your laptop into a portable stereo/music library.

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Positives: Easy Installation, Easy To Use, Good Sound Quality, Card Interface: USB

M-Audio Fast Track Pro External Sound System

$159.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.compuplus.com
summary: while i wouldn't use the fasttrack for my platinum lead vocal, it does a great job of doing stereo recordings in top quality sound, which is exactly what i bought it for.
from www.compuplus.com
summary: i've tested this device with guitar, keyboard and a microphone.
from www.bestbuy.com
i like this because, you can your input you guitar and microphone and rock out, right in front of your pc.
from www.amazon.com
outstanding product for anyone interested in reproducing digital music using computer as the sound source.
from JD, www.newegg.com
the gain also has to be turned up all the way to get a signal from mics, which, without a mixer, can make it somewhat difficult to adjust sound levels adequately.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Easy Installation, Compact, Card Interface: USB

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit External

$58.00 Est. at Amazon

from from, www.circuitcity.com
excellent product, less than 5 minutes and it was running using the same software as i use for record conversion.
from Jch from Covington, LA, www.circuitcity.com
i use this sound card and the software that came with it to copy tapes onto my computer so that i can copy the recordings to cds.
from chrisfromcanada, reviews.cnet.com
i've had nothing but endless problems with the onboard sound on my computer since i got it and it's gotten worse: almost nonexistent recording problem and horrible static when using my new logitech
from www.pricegrabber.com
sound quality is great and you've adequate connection options to handle sound recording, out put to your home theater system etc
from from, www.circuitcity.com
i had to purchase an external sound device because my $1300 dell wouldn't let me record audio.

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Positives: Compact, Easy To Use, Easy Installation, Card Interface: USB

Lexicon Omega Pro Studio

$170.00 Est. at Amazon

from mozkill, www.shopping.com
get fast recordings.
from mozkill, www.shopping.com
get fast recordings. cons: the reverb audio effect plugin is not that great.
from www.amazon.com
i am using a relatively old system (athlon 750, 500m ram, 20g hd, usb 1.1) and was pleased that i had no issues with recording on this system yet (except when the hd got full, then it started
from www.amazon.com
my opinion of the omega, after owning and operating one for over a year, is that it, in conjunction with a good computer, can produce fantastic quality recordings.
from www.amazon.com
this is an all in one recording audio mixer that is very easy to use and lets the user think he is still using a tape recorder.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Card Interface: USB, Output Mode: Stereo, Form Factor: External

M-Audio Transit External Sound System

$90.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
Good for mixing on the road but dont try recording through it.
from www.amazon.com
Bundled with spiffy-looking but highly crippled electronic music creation program - full version is expensive.
from www.amazon.com
The issue was due to very poor audio quality when playing back music to my home theater system.
from www.amazon.com
Imagine listening to music and then using the keyboard to adjust the volume and suddenly having the audio disappear.
from www.amazon.com
Hi I am DJ and I record a lotta, single vinyls, mixes, from tapes or CDs to my computer or laptop.

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Positives: Card Interface: USB, Output Mode: AC-3 (Dolby Digital), Form Factor: External, Compatible Audio Standards: PCM,AC-3,DTS,ASIO 2

SIIG SoundWave 5.1 External Sound System

$26.00 Est. at Amazon

Positives: Card Interface: USB, Output Mode: Stereo, Form Factor: External, Compatible Audio Standards: DTS

Tascam FRONTIER US-122

$144.00 Est. at Amazon

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i have connected my electric guitar with it, my keyboard (via both, 1/8 and midi) and i tried different microphones with the tascam and each of them were picked up just fine.
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all the presonus gear just seems to add more noise and no gain to the recordings.
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the bundled software (cubase le4) is complicated and not at all user friendly, but the tutorials on the help menu have let me make recordings.
from www.amazon.com
the l model features 96khz at 24-bit recording, instead of 48khz 24-bit, and usb 2 instead of usb 1, to handle the extra data flow.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Easy Installation, Compact, Card Interface: USB

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Best USB Sound Cards

SIIG USB SoundWave 7.1 Pro RoHS

Creative Technology X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity Souind card

Voyetra Turtle Beach 1131-01 Audio Advantage SRM

M-Audio USB Midisport 4x4

Creative Technology EM8750

Numark DJ/iO

AudioTrak Maya EX5

M-Audio Sonica usb Audio sound Adapter

Trust Sound Expert 510EX

Alesis IO 2

Guillemot Gamesurround™ Muse™ Pocket

M-Audio Fast Track USB

Edirol UM-3EX

Voyetra Turtle Beach TBS-1120-01 External Sound

M-Audio Fast Track Pro External Sound System

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit External

Lexicon Omega Pro Studio

M-Audio Transit External Sound System

SIIG SoundWave 5.1 External Sound System

Tascam FRONTIER US-122

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