Steve C
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2025
SPDIF output won't work, no matter WHAT I try !!!In the "Sound" control panel the USB sound 'card' is detected fine, but Window$ says "not plugged in" !!!There is no 'plugged in' detection for SPDIF optical output so absolutely no idea what the heck Window$ is talking about !!!Window$ will install the 'default' drivers which it claims are the best, even though there are obviously better ones (typical Window$ garbage though). Even installing the drivers from the included disc won't work, but at least they acknowledge SPDIF even exists (although won't let me select it) !!!
Ourspolaire
Reviewed in Canada on September 26, 2024
Needed when you have a small mini pc with no sound card.Too bad i found my problem ,not needed anymore , it has a cost to return it .Almost the price of it .
Jens Schneider
Reviewed in Germany on July 6, 2024
Würde ich mir nicht nochmal kaufen, da im Hintergrund immer ein permanenter Pfeifton ist. Ansonsten geht es.
marcus lising
Reviewed in Canada on July 15, 2024
Great product!Currently used for SimRig Bass Shaker, provides an easy isolation/segregation of output channels, for assigning separate effects settings.
confirmed customer
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2024
Windows 10 notes:Install the drivers, otherwise you'll have a two-in, two-out Microsoft-driven device.Install the drivers and check out the applet by your system clock. Right-click to open, go to the speakers settings inside the app. RIGHT-CLICK THE SPEAKER ICON. There're more hidden features there. It's here that you tell it how you want to use the device - L/R, 5.1, 7.1, etc.Musicians - you'll probably want to disable all those funky built-in-fx while you're there. Non-musicians - you might like them :-)So far so good for me. I'm getting six discreet outputs for my Win10 system, bridged with a Behringer Uphoria via VB Audio Matrix and that's a very capable system.At this price you'd be crazy to not give it a try.
D. Porter
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2024
I tried this because I have limited PCIe slots on my new Z790 motherboard, which also has only headphone and fiberoptic sound connections. I wanted to use my existing 5.1 speaker subwoofer system that needs the traditional PC sound jacks. This is a usb-connected external card and the fiber connection is simply pass through...no decoder. Now the unit did work with the usb connection, but with VERY limited quality and volume. For those that don't have high expectations, this unit may be OK for you. But I returned this and purchased a PCIe sound card, and now all works MUCH better. As usual, you get what you pay for.
Peter Anderson
Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2023
I plugged this external sound card into a free USB port and it just worked, without any 'looking for drivers' routine. The sound is great. This solved the problem of my refurbished 32 gig RAM 1 Terabyte SSD computer I just bought from Amazon for under $179, having only a stereo output plug instead of a surround sound output like my old slow computer. I had surround sound computer speakers I wanted to continue to use.What's really nice is how easy it is to output the sound to HDMI, for watching computer videos on the big screen television, and hearing the sound through our entertainment center's surround sound speakers. I wrote the following note to myself: "To Watch Computer Videos on TV: Set the AV receiver to "Computer". On the computer, at the Windows icon at the bottom left of the screen, search for and click on "Sound Settings". Find "Choose your output device" and click on the down arrow. Click on 'AMD HDMI Output (AMD High Definition Audio Device)' The sound will now go through the AV receiver to the AV center's surround sound speakers! When you want to go back to the computer sound coming from the computer's surround sound speakers, in 'Sound Settings', choose 'Speakers (2-USB Sound Device)'" That's what I do and so can switch the audio back and forth from the computer to the entertainment center.So amazingly, this product worked, it was quite inexpensive, and it did not have driver issues, so was any easy install. I'm quite pleased.EDIT: Don't look for obscure drivers on the enclosed mini cd. Just plug in the USB cord. Don't worry that you don't have the usual "searching for drivers" routine. Just play some music. If need be, check that the output is correct under 'Sound Settings' as I described above.
Sneaky Lemur
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2023
I had to search online for a driver made for Win 10. The company that makes the device doesn't have the drivers, just a PDF of the manual, which I used to get a more technical name for the device so I could find a driver and some software from a 3rd party. The software is good for individually adjusting speaker volume, which is handy for a homemade surround sound system.So far I have only gotten it to work with the Netflix app. Not the browser Netflix, not Amazon app or browser, nor HBO. I haven't tried any other major streaming services yet.I have not tried it for input.It wasn't too expensive, so I have no serious regrets.
Daniel García
Reviewed in Mexico on March 7, 2021
BUEN PRODUCTO, INCLUYE CD DE INSTALACIÓN DE CONTROLADORES.
Elias Barbosa from Florida
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2021
SPDIF Out doesn't work and, if it did, it would send stereo signal and not surround. I am returning this.I installed the software from the little CD with the drivers. The installation went through without a problem.(Image 1) This image shows the icon with the Red "P" letter, which is the icon for the sound card.(Image 2) If you double-click on the icon from (image 1) , the control panel will show up. The SPDIF Out option is inaccessible.(Image 3) Scrolling to the bottom of the control panel I can see that the SPDIF In is available but I don't care about this option.(Image 4 ) We can see from this image that the sound card offers 5.1 surround but only if you connect through the 3.5mm plugs.(Image 5) The final image shows that the SPDIF option is unavailable but, if it did, it would only provide 2 channel stereo signal.CONCLUSION:The SPDIF Out doesn't work but, even if it did, the signal pushed through this connection would be only a 2 channel stereo signal. When I got this 5.1 Surround Sound device, I expected that the output would always be a Surround Sound signal.What a waste of time! I am returning this item.
CNC Master
Reviewed in Australia on April 15, 2021
For those that say "The SPDIF Out is just a screw...." or "I can't get the SPIF Out working...." all I can say is that it is NOT a screw (but sure, the SPDIF optical outs do look like one LOL) and works if you use the correct driver.The chip used on the device is the Cmedia CM6206-LX. A quick Googling will take you to a website that provides the Win-8 drivers and chipset datasheet.On driver install....a red light is shown from the SPDIF Output (see photo).....and I am very sure screws can't do this! Lol.Product works fine. Unfortunately some people need more help in getting it going, so the seller could help a bit more I suppose (minus 1-Star).