Customer Reviews for StarTech USB Stereo Audio Adapter External Sound Card With SPDIF Digital Audio (ICUSBAUDIO2D)
Item # : IM1RZ4403
Model # : ICUSBAUDIO2D
The StarTech.com USB stereo audio adapter offers you an easy way to by-pass or replace your internal sound card without having to open your computer case and comes with a 2 years warranty
- External
- Black
Price is $35.28
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9 reviews
Most helpful positive review
Posted Jun 8, 2019
Works on MacOS 10.14 Mojave!
Connect and choose "USB Advanced Audio Device," then "Encoded Digital Audio" for AC3 output from iTunes. No apparent Safari (Plex, etc.) support, YET.
Impressed
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Posted Nov 28, 2019
Works great with Win 10
Have 2 of these, Microsoft for same reason made installation is tad fiddly - its pnp & then reboot to install correct drivers. USB Advanced Audio Device and USB PnP Sound device If you use portable Kodi you also need to select correct device after reboot.
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candotude
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Posted Aug 29, 2019
Works with macOS Mojave and macOS Catalina Beta!
For those trying to get optical 5.1 surround sound out of your newer Mac, this is the sound card to buy! I recently replaced my older 2011 iMac and the only thing I missed about the old computer was the built-in 3.5mm analog/digital output that supported encoded Dolby AC3/DTS 5.1 surround sound passthrough. To avoid changing out my old receiver, which still provides gre...
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Roman Court
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Posted Jun 8, 2019
Works on MacOS 10.14 Mojave!
Connect and choose "USB Advanced Audio Device," then "Encoded Digital Audio" for AC3 output from iTunes. No apparent Safari (Plex, etc.) support, YET.
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RICHARD F.
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Posted Mar 25, 2019
It makes noice when I don’t talk from time to time.
Meh it works but causes odd noises.
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jasjr
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Posted Nov 2, 2018
Easy to install, works very well
My internal sound card died, and I decided to give this a try. The first thing I noticed was the headphones that seemed to have no bass were great. Plenty of volume. Software for customizing more would be nice, but for the quality it produces is not really needed.
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netrex
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Posted Mar 20, 2018
Small with Big Features!
This is a very small (it surprised me, I thought it would be a lot bigger) external USB sound card with lets you have great sound for both headphones and for normal cheap microphones (more so than if you connect them to your microphone in on your motherboard sound card (or any internal sound cards I've ever tried). If you need great sound for your PC or laptop and you'r...
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Bumpin it
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Posted Nov 5, 2017
Best sub-$100 home theater/stereo investment ever
I run a tri-amp system that predominantly plays all channel stereo from my .flac library. I am most definitely an audiophile and there is certainly a SQ improvement using this device. I have a 3.5mm spdif to optical audio hooked straight to amp 1 as opposed to laptop media port (? Is that what it's called) to HDMI to TV then optical out to amp 1. I recommend setting the...
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exrutruop
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Posted Nov 15, 2016
Works as you would expect
I purchased this adapter a month or so ago with the primary goal of getting an optical output out of my Windows 10 PC. It works like a charm. Obviously, I was looking to get high quality output. This too was delivered.
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Christen314
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Posted Sep 5, 2016
Beware Windows 10 users
This seems like a great product but I get an error when I try to install on my windows 10 laptop. Because I cannot install the driver, I have to plug in the device then plug headphones into it in order to hear any sound. Wish they would update for windows 10.
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