Product Information. The Amigo II USB sound card adds a stereo output and mic input to a Mac or PC and converts a standard headset into a USB headset. Because it uses a USB digital connection, the Amigo II isolates the audio signal from the noisy electronics inside a PC or laptop to provide higher-quality sound.With a single USB connection, the Amigo II lets you conveniently add another sound port to your PC or laptop for easy access wherever you go. The stereo output can be used for connecting powered speakers, headphones or an external recording device. The microphone input can be used for connecting an external microphone or the boom mic on a headset. It is more noisy than my onboard soundcard.
I wanted a second sound card, so I bought this. I could hear noticeable white noise from my headphones when I connected them to this USB sound card. It might be ok with speakers that are away from your ears, but it is not ok with headphones that are used closely to your ears because you can hear white noise through headphones. If you were looking for a good USB sound card that would maximize the value of your expensive headphones, you should look for something else. Verified purchase: Yes Condition: New.
I would buy more I have recommended this to colleagues at work for servers. This USB sound card has been working perfectly!!! DO NOT BUY THE CHEAP CLEAR USB SOUND CARDS FOR LIKE $1 EA!!! Spend the few extra bucks on one of these. The others have crappy sound quality, I bought like 5 of them, 3 burnt out (smoke and all).
This Turtle Beach USB Sound card, AWESOME! I needed it to add sound to my security camera server and it chugs along 24-7 sending camera audio to my Cable TV modulator. No weird driver issues, I don't have to unplug it and plug it back in to make it work, it just has not died. After many reboots it comes right back up and just keeps on working like a normal internal sound card!
So I'm cruising through the virtual isles over at Newegg and I see this little number is up on their shelves now. Basically it looks like it supports hardware decode of DD/DTS including SPDIF IN, and outputs analog up to 7.1 in addition to SPDIF passthrough. Anyone have any info on this thing? It could be a really nice option for people looking for 5.1/7.1 via USB. The last laptop friendly option was the long in the tooth, overly expensive Audigy PCMCIA card.
If the analog outputs are comparable to the TBAAM headphone out, it would make a great HTIC (Home Theater In a Closet) when hooked up to a decent set of 5.1 computer speakers.