Customer Reviews for StarTech ICUSBAUDIO7D 7.1 USB Audio Adapter External Sound Card
StarTech ICUSBAUDIO7D 7.1 USB Audio Adapter External Sound Card is New at Staples
Item # : IM1BH3280
Model # : ICUSBAUDIO7D
StarTech.com USB External Sound Card - Supports 7:1 Surround Sound
- Audio input: 3.5mm audio line in
- Audio specifications: 8x16-bit DAC channels (7.1 surround sound), supports 44.1 and 48 KHz sampling rates for both playback and recording, 3.5mm output connectors for front, surround, rear, centre/bass
Price is $52.39
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36 reviews
Most helpful positive review
Posted Apr 23, 2018
Raspberry Pi
My mate bought this for his windows system and I had my raspberry pi with me... Plugged it in and it worked without installing additional drivers... It doesn't say in the manual anything about Raspbian OS so thought I would let everyone know it worked...
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Posted Aug 27, 2017
Not working at all
I got this as a Christmas gift from my parents last year. I'm finally getting around to using it and it is not sending a signal to my receiver. I can see the blue light blinking on top of the box but there is no red light coming from the S/PDIF.
Tutcat
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Posted Aug 21, 2022
Imac user
Got this so my Imac could get my (G51 Surround Sound Speaker System) to work like it did with my Pc
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csullivan
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Posted Jun 7, 2022
Burnt out two computers
We plugged this soundcard into an Intel NUC USB port and within five seconds could smell something burning. We unplugged it immediately, but within a minute the NUC had gone down. The sound card remained functional afterwards but the NUC was permanently damaged. We have not had the same problem with other sound cards or with this sound card on other computers. Unfortuna...
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SethN
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Posted May 26, 2022
New Driver is HORRIBLE
The whole reason I use this USB sound card is that the Line in and Microphone could be activated at the same time. The disabling of this "feature" in the new driver is unacceptable. I have 2 computers and have my audio connected from the other computer and I use the mic at the same time.
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NeedCawfee
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Posted Oct 1, 2021
Very happily surprised!
Sound is on par with the famous name PCIe card, best of all I don't have to uninstall drivers/software then reinstall every few boots like I did with that expensive card. Sound is def better than the OEM/Intel/Realtek offerings--not to mention it's a snap moving from 1pc to another (try that with an internal card)...I downloaded the StarTech zip file rather than the enc...
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Howie
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Posted Jul 22, 2021
Fantastic Customer Support!!
I had a connection issue. I contacted customer support and first chatted with "Chris". I am not computer savvy like I'd like to be, so he took over my computer and installed the software that was necessary. That didn't completely solve my problem, so I re-contacted them and got connected to "Justin". He troubleshooted my problem and figured out my issue was a setting on...
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jjk13
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Posted May 6, 2021
Perfect (once I got new drivers online)
I just this box and, so far, it's been working great. I needed to download new drivers off of the Startech website to make it work with Windows 10, but once I did, no problems. I have a Dell laptop and I got some 5.1 speakers secondhand so I needed a USB solution to give me 5.1. This was exactly what I needed. The sound quality seems fine, although the speakers I'm usin...
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kurts
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Posted Apr 25, 2021
dont buy this
the audio station that comes with it decided it will no longer recognize 5.1 - no support articles, etc. speakers are fine, used different usb ports, uninstalled and reinstalled - only a few months old.
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DaveE1
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Posted Dec 14, 2020
When you get it working it's great!
I got this to reuse a 7.1 surround sound system that was collecting dust in my loft. I plugged it in on my Win 10 machine (Version 1909) and it seemed to auto install. Problem is it would only output as "headphones" no options to output in any other way. I then installed the startech drivers from the website, still nothing. After half an hour of troubleshooting I contac...
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dlld
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Posted Oct 18, 2020
Just what I needed - Line In
I have my own preamp and needed something to digitize line-level signal. Startech does it fairly well, with excellent low-frequency response - which is great for my application.
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3V0_Official
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Posted Sep 25, 2020
Customer service helped solve my issues with the e
I am here writing again because i left a decent review of this little device. It almost didnt work for my DJing applications as the line in port didnt work. They contacted me and i was able to work out EVERYTHING on how to get this item to work. I would recommend buying this product and if you have issues, contact their customer support. They were very helpful and amazi...
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3V0_0fficial
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Posted Sep 21, 2020
Sound works amazingly, drivers are hard to find.
I've had this for about 3 months now and it works great as my PC's built in sound card did not work at all when I built it. The quality of the sound is great, however there are some caveats. I am using Windows 10 as an operating system. The drivers are not on the disc for Windows 10 and on the website, the drivers do not fix the issues that are present. Line in doesnt w...
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chuckit
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Posted Jun 10, 2020
Windows 10 Build 2004 Breaks Aduio
Great device - however the new 2020 Windows 10 Build 2004 the device stopped working - no audio - uninstall - re-install drivers / usb audio drivers - still no audio - device appears in sound control panel and device manger.
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alevi
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Posted Jun 7, 2020
WORKS GOOD BUT NEED UPDATE FOR WINDOWS 10
i bought this item for my pc who doesn't have a very good sound card, this product is the response for that work beautyful but the software for windows 10 is difficult to install or is missing and my sound card it's not working the way should be
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JimandWilson
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Posted Apr 15, 2020
this item is pretty much useless when using the spdif output as it only supports 2 channels
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colburnk
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Posted Mar 12, 2020
Just need to know what your doing! Works Great
I have a Surface Pro Book and I have two docking stations, one for my car and one for my office. I have the Logitech 5.1 surround system and I bought this switch to utilize this system. This thing was fairly straight forward to hook up. I have the best surround sound I have ever had including my full desktop systems with Soundblaster cards. The tech support is awesome s...
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Navyseai
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Posted Nov 5, 2019
Stereo on win10 only
Win 10 only works with stereo. It only seems to use 2 channels making the product pointless. The software from cmedia 2012 doesn't seem to do any difference. Im using SPDIF in
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Chawoobie
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Posted Oct 27, 2019
Fantastic!
Bought recently as a new computer I was building had limited 3-jack sound integrated. Wanted to use my Altec Lansing 4.1 speaker system with new build. This Startech card solved my problem! Installed card, Windows recognized and installed drivers, hooked up speakers and the sound is awwesome! Couldn't be happier.
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ripped_off_by_startech
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Posted Oct 16, 2019
Complete waste of money
I have never been able to get anything other that 16 bit 2 channel audio out of this useless device. Installing the latest drivers from startech is a waste of time as the drivers are from 2012.
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jim988283
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Posted Oct 5, 2019
device can only play stereo
This device cannot and will not output anything more that stereo 2 channel.
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JEddie
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Posted Jul 12, 2019
Not working properly in Windows 10
I bought this item 2 days ago. Since the DVD in the package only support the OS up to Windows 7, I downloaded the separate driver from this website. Installation of the driver seems to be fine. But, the device only output 2 channels of the sound only. I tried to fix this problem by 'USB Multi-Channel Audio Device' program. Still, it only stream the sound through 'front'...
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