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<p>Sir, I spent 8 dollars on that soundcard, and you called it
"garbage". How dare you? It even has 3D stereo. Yes, you read that
right. 3. D. <br>
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<p>In reality though, the 3d stereo claims are just for marketing.
The stereo image sounds normal. <br>
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<p>On 12/14/20 4:42 PM, David Kastrup wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Brandon Hale <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bthaleproductions@gmail.com"><bthaleproductions@gmail.com></a> writes:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">One last thing you can try, if the headphone jack still doesn't work
after a fresh install, is getting a cheap usb audio soundcard. It will
have less noise and give you a reliable dac in the future on
Linux. Here
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IRVQ0F8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1"><https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IRVQ0F8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1></a>
is one that I have personally used that has saved my life a number of
times.
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I'd be wary about the "3D stereo" thing. My own "garbage for the win"
sound card looks like this:
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Yes, those are 3.5mm connectors. I think the line input is dead by now
(but mic inputs can be misused well enough) and the soundcard mixer is
such a mess that I haven't gotten the headphone output to work under
Windows (but abusing the front 2.1 output by using a headphone in it
works reasonably). The latency is suboptimal and I think it cuts off
around 15kHz. Backside has an optical S/PDIF input and an output.
Another option worth considering are handheld recorders: those tend to
have a "soundcard mode" as well. Unfortunately, with my Zoom H2
recorder I haven't found a way to use recording (built-in mics or
external) and playback (headphone or line output) at the same time
without the input unconditionally also appearing at the output.
Undesirable for the application I was considering it for (Jamulus).
Possibly newer models fare better in that regard.
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