USB 2.0 Audio Adapter Pro

[Breaker187]

Hi all, I'm looking at getting one of these, however can anyone confirm if this will provide a secondary audio port for my laptop. Or will it just override the current audio and only have one audio out.
Thanx.
http://www.lindy-usa.com/usb-20-audio-adapter-pro-42775.html

 

[P924]

It should, yes.

However, it seems quite expensive for what it is, there are much cheaper ones out there.

 

[Pada]

Why do you want another audio output on your laptop?

You can also get the Asus Xonar U3 adapter in SA for like R360 - eg. http://www.ikonicit.co.za/audio-components/external/asus-xonar-u3-audio-station-black.html
I have the U3 that I'm using with my Dell Inspiron 9400 laptop, but I'm setting it as the default audio output, so I'm never really using my onboard audio any more. The downside to the U3 is that its sampling rate is fixed at 48kHz, which isn't ideal for MP3's that are sampled at 44.1kHz - but I don't really hear the difference between that and my Xonar Essense STX with low quality MP3's in any case...

You can get USB 2 audio equipment from Deal Extreme for very cheap too.

 

[opinionhated]

I have sound only via hdmi on my microserver and I need to use headphones occasionally. So i bought this from dealextreme. I don't expect much, but will see how it goes.

 

[Breaker187]

It should, yes.

However, it seems quite expensive for what it is, there are much cheaper ones out there.

I can get it for R200

Why do you want another audio output on your laptop?

Thinking of messing around with dj software again. So need a second out for my laptop.

 

[xumwun]

USB headphones should work

 

[Breaker187]

USB headphones should work

Def I good idea, depending how much I can get those for.
Aside - anyone know if TV's these days would support USB headphones? I've got a sammy D6600.