$36 USB Sound Box

[jhisr]

Thought some of you might be interested in this
USB Sound Box

Joe
HomeSeer Rocks!

[jwilson56]

They have had one like that on Ebay for quite some time. It looks pretty good.

John

[stevene]

I use 3 of them.

I think they are great.

StevenE

[jrfuda]

Cool, I've been looking for something cheap to use to seperate HomeSeer speach from my music, but am fresh out of PCI slots. This looks like a good solution!

Maybe I'll get two to add another music zone too.

Steve, I'm assuming you're using all three on the same PC and the PC doesn't mind having 3 identical sound devices installed.

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[smee]

My understanding is that Windows will only support one USB audio device at a time.

[stevene]

Well,
Not exactly I am using them on 3 different pc's I think
they sound better than the built in sound cards.

If I have time tonight I will plug a second one into a PC
and see if it works.

StevenE

[stevene]

Seems Good,

Well I popped a second one onto my windows 2000 machine.
it found it loaded the drive and from control-panel -> sound
I can choose usb audio or usb audio(1).

I can choose either 1 and play sound fine.
Hope that helps.

StevenE

[smee]

I'm glad to hear that. I was told by a manufacturer that it would not work but I never tested it.

[jrfuda]

OK, these just found their way onto my "to purchase" list. I didn't realize at first look that they had analog and digital outs. I'll be able to use my cheapo sound card for HomeSeer and two of these for music. Sweet!

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[stevene]

JR

I was actually thinking of the same thing I wanted to use
2 or 3 of them with seeramp when it is a little more polished.

StevenE

[dovla]

Does it accept Toslink input or is it one way (output) only? Thanks

[Robcoll]

output only

[collegeboyslive]

if i were to put 4 of these ontot a computer what sort of load will it put on the system if they were all running at once?

what speed computer would i need as a media server?

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[WayneW]

How has the long term testing gone for these gadgets? Any problems using multiple units on the same computer? Any problems mixing these and regular PCI sound cards?

I think this might be the actual manufacturer and they have a good price of $29.99.
http://www.siig.com/product.asp?catid=13&pid=401

For basic analog audio in/out, they have this unit for only $19.99
http://www.siig.com/product.asp?catid=16&pid=572

[jrfuda]

Good Q Wayne, I've been postponing getting one of these myself. How much USB bandwidth do they consume? My server's USB andwidth is almost completely consumed by webcams currently, so adding one of these may "break the camel's back" if it's bandwidth intense.