7.1 USB Sound Card - External Sound Card for Laptop with SPDIF Digital Audio - Sound Card for PC - S

Device as expected and was extremely reasonable priced. The programs and drivers seem old and the UI looks like its from win95. It isn't necessary for use and can just be a generic usb 2.0 device configured thru windows. It takes a min to configure in win11 but does produce 5.1 surround. Isn't just plug and play, you have to configure it in windows and windows doesn't seem to want to allow you to the menu necessary (No fault of device). I couldn't find the location of the configs in basics system settings menus. WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO TO CONFIGURE: 1-"Open Sound Settings: Type mmsys.cpl into the Windows search bar and press Enter to open the classic Sound control panel.". 2-click on device. 3-configure. Device is great for my use. Computer->EKL Switch->This Device - to transfer my surround between 2 computers using a Logitech 5.1 THX surround. From a gaming standpoint, this functions great and I don't notice a difference between direct motherboard and device sound output. Device shows as DVD quality output.

Charles Pugh · 2026-03-06 · via amazon

I bought an HP EliteBook 755 G5 with a docking station and wanted to connect it to my existing Logitech 5.1 analog speakers. These speakers have three 3.5mm stereo jacks: Front speakers (green), Rear speakers (black), and Center/Subwoofer (orange). The laptop contains two built-in sound cards. One is only capable of 2.0 stereo and works through the 3.5" audio jacks. The other built-in sound card works only through the DisplayPort connection. For example, if you connect the laptop to a TV with audio capability or to an A/V receiver, that sound card handles that audio output. Since I have a monitor with no audio jacks or processing, I cannot take advantage of that built-in device. (There is another kind of product that could. I’ll talk about it at the end of this review.) I chose StarTech because I had luck with their products in the past. This external sound card is more expensive than the cheap Chinese ones on eBay and it supports 7.1 as well as 5.1. I did NOT have to use the driver CD. I have Windows 10 1809 and it recognized the card immediately. It shows up in the Device Manager as “USB Sound Device.” Don’t be alarmed if you check the properties and see a message under the “Events” tab claiming "Device requires further installation." If you look at the list, you will see that even though the entry in the list of Events might be the top one, the Timestamp is older than the entries below. This means that this message is normal and has no significant meaning at all, even though it can be confusing and previous Windows versions did not show something similar. Configuring the sound card for 5.1 (or 7.1) audio is simple. Go to the Control Panel and select Sound. Under the Playback tab, click on the “Speakers” for the USB Sound Device and click on the Configure button. Choose 5.1 and click the Test button to make sure everything is connected properly. Click Next. Make sure all optional speakers are selected. Click Next. If you have a satellite speaker system with a subwoofer like me, you do NOT have full-range speakers. You can verify this by plugging in the green plug into a 2.0 stereo source and listen to the sound quality. If it’s sorely missing bass, then they are NOT full-range speakers. Uncheck these options. (BTW, sometimes the front speakers are full-range, but the rear speakers are not. If the rear speakers are smaller than the fronts, uncheck the rear speakers only.) Click Finish. Another option I could have tried would have been to use a device that converts the digital audio supplied over HDMI to analog. Amazon sells such a device: SKSL HDMI Digital Audio Converter. However, I would have needed to buy a DisplayPort to HDMI cable. Also, I would have to get RCA to 3.5mm adapters, too. And, that option costs a lot more. UPDATE 2019-05-15: Just wanted to say the sound quality has been superb!

Gerard J. Pinzone · 2019-06-08 · via amazon

This device was working fine for about 2 months on a Windows 11 machine and then quit. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling in Device Manager and updating drivers, etc. The thing that fixed it was a powered USB hub, which is odd because it was the same USB port I had been using previously without issue. The price is right, and it functions well, but you might need a powered USB hub to go with it.

Kindle Customer · 2026-03-04 · via amazon

The media could not be loaded. https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/G1Z4f1InBoL.mp4 https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61o2F+guLJL._SY256.jpg Zero Stars you can't even hook up the StarTech.com I have had it over the 30 day mark because I couldn't get anybody to install it so I tried installing it a couple days after the window I didn't know the window was like that but it is incompatible with my system and which the item says that it is compatible I read reviews everywhere and people cannot hook it up and they say it's garbage and now I realize it's garbage too Amazon does not seem to have a place on the website to speak to a representative about this problem hopefully I can call them or figure out another way to get this item returned to them because I don't think it's right got with all the reviews I read and with myself trying to hook it up that you're stuck with something that don't work Amazon has been good for me but this left a bad case in my mouth for Amazon

Raymond A. Hernandez · 2026-05-10 · via amazon

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