StarTech USB Stereo Audio Adapter External Sound Card with S/PDIF Digital Audio

from netrex

This is a very small (it surprised me, I thought it would be a lot bigger) external USB sound card with lets you have great sound for both headphones and for normal cheap microphones (more so than if you connect them to your microphone in on your motherboard sound card (or any internal sound card...

from jasjr

My internal sound card died, and I decided to give this a try. The first thing I noticed was the headphones that seemed to have no bass were great. Plenty of volume. Software for customizing more would be nice, but for the quality it produces is not really needed.

from Memph

I wasn't expecting such a tiny device to be so perfect. At around 2 inches square, you wouldn't expect much...WAS I WRONG. This device is perfect for ANY machine. I'm currently using it with a tablet that I have no sound driver available for. It provides sound much superior than I would expect fr...

from Roman Court

Connect and choose "USB Advanced Audio Device," then "Encoded Digital Audio" for AC3 output from iTunes. No apparent Safari (Plex, etc.) support, YET.

from Bumpin it

I run a tri-amp system that predominantly plays all channel stereo from my .flac library. I am most definitely an audiophile and there is certainly a SQ improvement using this device. I have a 3.5mm spdif to optical audio hooked straight to amp 1 as opposed to laptop media port (? Is that what it...