Re: What Mid-range USB Sound Cards Work with Linux?

From	Joel Wirāmu Pauling <joel@aenertia.net>
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Subject	Re: What Mid-range USB Sound Cards Work with Linux?
Date	2016-05-25 03:30 +0200
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I said Fiio E1 I Meant - Q1 :
http://www.head-fi.org/t/780726/fiios-new-q1-portable-dac-amp-lets-drink-to-happy-listening

On 24 May 2016 at 18:22, Joel Wirāmu Pauling <joel@aenertia.net> wrote:

> Rather than going with a Consumer card. Head to a Audio/Music store. What
> you are looking for is a USB - Audio interface; they generally have much
> better Signal to Noise ration, hardware mixers and Ballanced XLR outputs
> and Inputs. Something like the focusrite scarlet.
>
> Alternatively if you are just after a simple DAC/AMP without Inputs - then
> I throughly recommend The Cheap FIio E1 - Which can be had for around 50$
> and have 96hkz/24bit DAC decoding I have several and they can be used as
> just a headphone amp as well as with android.
>
> Basically is it doesn't have an external power source or a built in
> battery - then avoid it - especially if you plan on attaching it to
> unbalanced speaker/desk amps. The only Consumer manufacturer dac I would
> consider in this class is the Creative E5 - but it's several hundred more
> than the above mentioned Fiio E1 and you only really would need it if you
> want bluetooth and input options.
>
>
>
> On 24 May 2016 at 11:27, Martin McCormick <martin.m@suddenlink.net> wrote:
>
>>         I went to a local electronics emporium and asked for a
>> USB sound card that might possibly work under Linux. I have been
>> messing with Linux and USB long enough to know that a number of
>> USB sound cards mostly work well enough for one to play and
>> record stereo but some special features may not work without
>> proprietary drivers available to Windows or Mac users. These
>> features are usually not show stoppers so there is no real
>> problem.
>>
>>         The only USB sound card they had was a SoundBlaster XG5
>> designed for the gaming market but, I thought, this is probably
>> pretty good and, if most everything on it works, how can you go
>> wrong?
>>
>>         Well, here's how. Firstly, I am not bashing Creative Labs
>> or the product itself but this is what happens when things become
>> overly specialized.
>>
>>         What I was looking for was a sound card which would
>> record stereo. They usually will play, also but recording two
>> line-level channels is a must.
>>
>>         This is a really neat little device in that it has
>> optical line input and output ports and a stereo headphone output
>> but there is only a microphone input--(game over.)
>>
>>         I did power it up and ran amixer on it to see if maybe
>> there is more to that Mic input than originally meets the eye but there
>> is actually less. There are several PCM inputs and maybe one is
>> the microphone but it isn't clear what each PCM channel does.
>> Again, if there are not two discrete analog line-level audio
>> inputs, it can not be used as a normal sound card.
>>
>>         I rarely need to return products to a store, but I am
>> glad this one has a reasonable return policy because the device
>> is so highly specialized that there is no way to use it for
>> anything but playback only or as, in a game, good sound with a
>> Mic for one to talk over.
>>
>>         Basically, are there any good new USB sound cards these
>> days that record and play stereo under Linux?
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>>
>> Martin McCormick
>>
>>
>

Thread

What Mid-range USB Sound Cards Work with Linux? "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2016-05-24 20:30 +0200
  Re: What Mid-range USB Sound Cards Work with Linux? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-05-24 20:50 +0200
    Re: What Mid-range USB Sound Cards Work with Linux? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-05-24 21:50 +0200
      Re: What Mid-range USB Sound Cards Work with Linux? "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2016-05-24 23:20 +0200
    Re: What Mid-range USB Sound Cards Work with Linux? "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2016-05-24 22:40 +0200
    Re: What Mid-range USB Sound Cards Work with Linux? "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2016-05-25 03:10 +0200
      Re: What Mid-range USB Sound Cards Work with Linux? Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-05-25 10:20 +0200
      Re: What Mid-range USB Sound Cards Work with Linux? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-05-25 11:30 +0200
        Re: What Mid-range USB Sound Cards Work with Linux? Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2016-05-25 12:00 +0200
        Re: What Mid-range USB Sound Cards Work with Linux? "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2016-05-25 17:10 +0200
      Re: What Mid-range USB Sound Cards Work with Linux? Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2016-05-25 15:30 +0200
        Re: What Mid-range USB Sound Cards Work with Linux? Joel Roth <joelz@pobox.com> - 2016-05-26 05:50 +0200
  Re: What Mid-range USB Sound Cards Work with Linux? Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2016-05-25 00:10 +0200
  Re: What Mid-range USB Sound Cards Work with Linux? Håkon Alstadheim <hakon@alstadheim.priv.no> - 2016-05-25 02:00 +0200
  Re: What Mid-range USB Sound Cards Work with Linux? Joel Wirāmu Pauling <joel@aenertia.net> - 2016-05-25 03:30 +0200
    Re: What Mid-range USB Sound Cards Work with Linux? Joel Wirāmu Pauling <joel@aenertia.net> - 2016-05-25 03:30 +0200
    Re: What Mid-range USB Sound Cards Work with Linux? "Martin McCormick" <martin.m@suddenlink.net> - 2016-05-25 04:20 +0200

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