masoknzn
New Head-Fier
Hi all,
I've been having an issue with my laptop (Thinkpad T440p), where sound from the mic comes with a lot of background noise
Reading a lot, found that it might be related to a bad design on the internals of the laptop, so not much that can be done there
But, I've read people mentioning that using a USB soundcard, or even one of those cheap USB "7.1" dongles solved the problem
So I'm trying to go that way
Unfortunately, In my country, there are not a lot of options, and ordering from Amazon or similar pages is not an option either
So, here's what I could get my hands on
Cheap:
All of these are cheap, and if I had to guess, I would say that inside, they have the same chip or whatever. They don't have a brand either, so I can't look them up
Then there's this Kotion Each S1, but almost all reviews I saw are in Indian, and since I don't speak it, I have no clue if its good or not
I saw the Sabrent SND8
And the SoundBlaster Play!2, and M-Audio micro DAC
Also, I could get my hands on the adapters that come with some headphones (people sometimes sell them separately, they keep the headphones or they break, so they sell the adapter alone)
That would be the one that comes with the HyperX Cloud 2, the one that comes with Steelseries Siberia v2, and the one that comes with Logitech G430 I think
All of them are also 7.1
And finally, I've seen a few (used) Astro Mixamps, but I don't know if they are really worth it or not, since they are quite a little bit more expensive
I'd like to have a killswitch for the microphone, although is not really a dealbreaker
If you have some suggestions on these, those would be greatly appreciated
Thanks!
I've been having an issue with my laptop (Thinkpad T440p), where sound from the mic comes with a lot of background noise
Reading a lot, found that it might be related to a bad design on the internals of the laptop, so not much that can be done there
But, I've read people mentioning that using a USB soundcard, or even one of those cheap USB "7.1" dongles solved the problem
So I'm trying to go that way
Unfortunately, In my country, there are not a lot of options, and ordering from Amazon or similar pages is not an option either
So, here's what I could get my hands on
Cheap:
All of these are cheap, and if I had to guess, I would say that inside, they have the same chip or whatever. They don't have a brand either, so I can't look them up
Then there's this Kotion Each S1, but almost all reviews I saw are in Indian, and since I don't speak it, I have no clue if its good or not
I saw the Sabrent SND8
And the SoundBlaster Play!2, and M-Audio micro DAC
Also, I could get my hands on the adapters that come with some headphones (people sometimes sell them separately, they keep the headphones or they break, so they sell the adapter alone)
That would be the one that comes with the HyperX Cloud 2, the one that comes with Steelseries Siberia v2, and the one that comes with Logitech G430 I think
All of them are also 7.1
And finally, I've seen a few (used) Astro Mixamps, but I don't know if they are really worth it or not, since they are quite a little bit more expensive
I'd like to have a killswitch for the microphone, although is not really a dealbreaker
If you have some suggestions on these, those would be greatly appreciated
Thanks!