[iPatcH]

So, does it degrade the quality and remove the hiss, or just take the hiss away? I'm not so concerned about boosting quality, just wanna get rid of that noise!

 

[drizek]

I really want one of these too. Currently the best computer-as-source I have is my 8 year old thinkpad that sounds... horrible. The AV710 in my desktop came DOA and the integrated sound in my dell 9300 is... dellish.

I really want one of these because I need it for all my computers. Im not looking for hi-fi quality or naything, but I want something that works(desktop) and doesnt hiss like crazy(laptops). For 6.50 it isnt much of an investment, but I might as well just spend that money on a TB instead of buying both.

 

[drizek]

I just ordered one. It was $7 with CA sales tax. The good part though is that I should get it within a few days since it ships from california and not hong kong.

 

[iPatcH]

Awesome! Let me know how they sound, at least, how much they remove the hiss or if there's any audio distortion, just waiting on some good feedback.

 

[drizek]

I really dont have a good DAC to compare it to and it will be a while before I get one. For now im just trying to get rid of the hiss so ill let you know how that goes. I was listening to my ibasso today while it was powered by the USB port and it sounded absolutely horrible, even worse than my laptops integrated sound. I hope whatever was causing the hiss and interference in my amp doesnt also do the same to the sound card.

 

[xenochimera]

i just ordered a TBAAM for 20 bux shipped since it seems that some of these leaves a lot to be desired with.

 

[skinnie]

anyone tried here to identify the chip of this things with everest or aida32?and maybe use cmedia reference drivers with it..
I am tempted to buy one this things.With this we must turn off onboard audio?

 

[drizek]

you dont need to turn off the onboard audio, but you have to choose which one you want to use.

 

[platinum]

nice review, it's nice to see things from HK (I am a HK people)

 

[skinnie]

Quote:

Originally Posted by drizek /img/forum/go_quote.gif you dont need to turn off the onboard audio, but you have to choose which one you want to use.

For example,my girlfriend@home have a Audigy Se,and it can't have headphones+mic at pluged @the same time that it has his 5.1 system just like I have...
By having one of this things,she could talk with me selecting this device and when listening to music use the audigy right?

 

[drizek]

Oh, ya, I think you can do that, but im not sure, sorry.

 

[drizek]

Well this card is a no-go on linux. It is recognized and there is a driver, but it wont play sound. I think they are working on it however. Im not sure what to do with my card now though. I guess ill try it out on a windows machine and see how it sounds.

 

[iPatcH]

Please do, I'd appreciate it!

 

[verymagicalguy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by drizek /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well this card is a no-go on linux. It is recognized and there is a driver, but it wont play sound. I think they are working on it however. Im not sure what to do with my card now though. I guess ill try it out on a windows machine and see how it sounds.

Which distro of linux are you using?

 

[drizek]

kubuntu, but it doesnt matter. Its a problem with ALSA. Im not sure if it will work in OSS though, ill have to try that out.