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  Looking for reccomendations "Juan R.D. Silva" <juan.r.d.silva@gmail.com> - 2021-12-29 02:40 +0100
    Re: Looking for reccomendations harryweaver@tutanota.com - 2021-12-29 02:50 +0100
    Re: Looking for reccomendations rhkramer@gmail.com - 2021-12-29 05:30 +0100
      Re: Looking for reccomendations Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-12-29 13:50 +0100
      Re: Looking for reccomendations rhkramer@gmail.com - 2021-12-29 14:30 +0100
    Re: Looking for reccomendations Linux-Fan <Ma_Sys.ma@web.de> - 2021-12-29 11:30 +0100
    Re: Looking for recommendations [SOLVED (for now] "Juan R.D. Silva" <juan.r.d.silva@gmail.com> - 2021-12-29 21:00 +0100
      Re: Looking for recommendations [SOLVED (for now] David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-12-30 02:50 +0100
        Re: Looking for recommendations [SOLVED (for now] "Juan R.D. Silva" <juan.r.d.silva@gmail.com> - 2021-12-30 19:00 +0100

#243499 — Looking for reccomendations

The headphone jack failed on my Dell M4800 laptop. I need to find 
reliable with decent stereo audio output External USB Sound Card/Audio 
Adapter with 3.5mm Stereo Headphone (3 pole plug) and Mono Microphone 
(nice to have) Jacks. It should be available in North America.

Any recommendations?

Thanks

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#243500

29 Dec 2021, 11:31 by juan.r.d.silva@gmail.com:

> The headphone jack failed on my Dell M4800 laptop. I need to find reliable with decent stereo audio output External USB Sound Card/Audio Adapter with 3.5mm Stereo Headphone (3 pole plug) and Mono Microphone (nice to have) Jacks. It should be available in North America.
>
> Any recommendations?
>

The same thing happened with my Dell Optiplex 980 desktop.
I bought one of these:

https://www.storedj.com.au/akg-lyra-ultra-hd-multimode-usb-microphone?SearchID=18781793&SearchPos=1

and one of these to plug into the bottom of it:

https://www.storedj.com.au/akg-k240-mkii-professional-open-back-headphones?SearchID=18781834&SearchPos=2

I might have to pay for replacement earpads sometime, but that should see me out.
The mic plugs straight into USB.
Very happy with the performance of both.Cheers!

Harry

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#243501

On Tuesday, December 28, 2021 08:31:01 PM Juan R.D. Silva wrote:
> The headphone jack failed on my Dell M4800 laptop. I need to find
> reliable with decent stereo audio output External USB Sound Card/Audio
> Adapter with 3.5mm Stereo Headphone (3 pole plug) and Mono Microphone
> (nice to have) Jacks. It should be available in North America.
> 
> Any recommendations?

I bought something like this several years ago, although it did not have the 
7.1 surround sound feature (or whatever that is called).  They also make a 
similar device with a USB "pigtail".

They are expensive ;-)  (Almost $3 with shipping depending on supplier.)

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#243507

On 2021-12-29, rhkramer@gmail.com <rhkramer@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 28, 2021 08:31:01 PM Juan R.D. Silva wrote:
>> The headphone jack failed on my Dell M4800 laptop. I need to find
>> reliable with decent stereo audio output External USB Sound Card/Audio
>> Adapter with 3.5mm Stereo Headphone (3 pole plug) and Mono Microphone
>> (nice to have) Jacks. It should be available in North America.
>> 
>> Any recommendations?
>
> I bought something like this several years ago, although it did not have the 
> 7.1 surround sound feature (or whatever that is called).  They also make a 
> similar device with a USB "pigtail".

This is your recommendation?

> They are expensive ;-)  (Almost $3 with shipping depending on supplier.)
>
>

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#243508

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On Tuesday, December 28, 2021 11:27:31 PM rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> I bought something like this several years ago, although it did not have
> the 7.1 surround sound feature (or whatever that is called).  They also
> make a similar device with a USB "pigtail".
> 
> They are expensive ;-)  (Almost $3 with shipping depending on supplier.)

Oops, sorry, left out the link:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/114143807052?hash=item1a9380464c:g:SukAAOSw69BeZtsn

USB 2.0 External 7.1 Channel 3D Virtual Audio Sound Card Mic 
Adapter Laptop PC 

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Juan R.D. Silva writes:

> The headphone jack failed on my Dell M4800 laptop. I need to find reliable  
> with decent stereo audio output External USB Sound Card/Audio Adapter with  
> 3.5mm Stereo Headphone (3 pole plug) and Mono Microphone (nice to have)  
> Jacks. It should be available in North America.

Back when I wanted an USB sound card, I bought
"Creative Sound Blaster PLAY! 3" [1]. It works out of the box with Debian  
stable (back then it was Debian 10) and PulseAudio+ALSA. I did not check if  
any of the advertised advanced audio functionality (higher sampling rate  
etc.) work under LInux. Note also, that I used this with a desktop-style  
system and thus do not know about its power consumption.

I gather it is one of the more expensive ones. From my (limited) experience  
the audio quality is decent and it has a nice extra feature: The headphone  
plug supports 3-pole plugs as well as 4-pole plugs. I.e.: If you want to use  
your smartphone's 4-pole headset, it will work, too. It also has a dedicated  
microphone jack to use for "regular" PC headsets.

AFAICT, it should be available in America. I bought my one from a retail  
store in Germany, though.

[1] https://www.newegg.com/creative-sound-blaster-play-3/p/N82E1682910210
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HTH and YMMV
Linux-Fan

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#243518 — Re: Looking for recommendations [SOLVED (for now]

Looks that I kind of solved it for now by cleaning the jack with the 
toothpick soaked in alcohol. Silly solution. I'm not sure for how long 
but the jack works now.

Thanks for all replied folks.

On 2021-12-28 8:31 p.m., Juan R.D. Silva wrote:
> The headphone jack failed on my Dell M4800 laptop. I need to find 
> reliable with decent stereo audio output External USB Sound Card/Audio 
> Adapter with 3.5mm Stereo Headphone (3 pole plug) and Mono Microphone 
> (nice to have) Jacks. It should be available in North America.
> 
> Any recommendations?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 

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#243522 — Re: Looking for recommendations [SOLVED (for now]

On 12/29/21 11:53 AM, Juan R.D. Silva wrote:

> On 2021-12-28 8:31 p.m., Juan R.D. Silva wrote:
>> The headphone jack failed on my Dell M4800 laptop. I need to find 
>> reliable with decent stereo audio output External USB Sound Card/Audio 
>> Adapter with 3.5mm Stereo Headphone (3 pole plug) and Mono Microphone 
>> (nice to have) Jacks. It should be available in North America.
>>
>> Any recommendations?
>>
>> Thanks


 > Looks that I kind of solved it for now by cleaning the jack with the
 > toothpick soaked in alcohol. Silly solution. I'm not sure for how long
 > but the jack works now.
 >
 > Thanks for all replied folks.


It is easy to forget the old-school electronics technician skills -- 
good for you.  :-)


(If you need to do this again, Amazon carries "micro applicators" with 
2.0 mm diameter heads.)


David

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#243543 — Re: Looking for recommendations [SOLVED (for now]

On 2021-12-29 8:46 p.m., David Christensen wrote:
> On 12/29/21 11:53 AM, Juan R.D. Silva wrote:
> 
>> On 2021-12-28 8:31 p.m., Juan R.D. Silva wrote:
>>> The headphone jack failed on my Dell M4800 laptop. I need to find 
>>> reliable with decent stereo audio output External USB Sound 
>>> Card/Audio Adapter with 3.5mm Stereo Headphone (3 pole plug) and Mono 
>>> Microphone (nice to have) Jacks. It should be available in North 
>>> America.
>>>
>>> Any recommendations?
>>>
>>> Thanks
> 
> 
>  > Looks that I kind of solved it for now by cleaning the jack with the
>  > toothpick soaked in alcohol. Silly solution. I'm not sure for how long
>  > but the jack works now.
>  >
>  > Thanks for all replied folks.
> 
> 
> It is easy to forget the old-school electronics technician skills -- 
> good for you.  :-)
> 
> 
> (If you need to do this again, Amazon carries "micro applicators" with 
> 2.0 mm diameter heads.)
> 
> 
> David
> 
> 
Do you think you can provide a link for an example?

Thanks

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