5 Jun
2013
5 Jun
'13
10:57 p.m.
On Wed, Jun 05, 2013 at 04:25:56PM +0200, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
in case someone is looking for a similar problem
solver:
i just received an esi gigaport hd+, which is a usb1
class-compliant, bus powered audio interface that provides 8
discrete unbalanced audio outs. at 135€, it's not quite a steal, but
it solves one problem: to be able to listen to 5.1/7.1 content with
a laptop.
it works with jack out of the box and comes with two headphone outs,
one of which plays outs1/2, the other plays a pair-wise mix of all
eight outs. there is a row of flashing blue leds as "signal present"
indicators, although their threshold is a bit on the high side.
sound quality is appropriate, i gave it a quick listen and there is
nothing obviously wrong.
Interesting device... If and when you find the time, could you hook it
up to a Micstasy line input and Jaaa... ?
Ciao,
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