Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > A few years ago I got an terratec phase 26 usb card. I need a second usb > sound card for a second computer and hear that there are better devices > available. Some of those suggested as 'better' alternatives are the > M-box mini and E-MU 0202 USB. Google makes me doubt that those are > supported by alsa / linux, though. > > Are there any recommendations for high quality usb sound devices > supported by alsa? > > Requirements are just stereo in and stereo out with more emphasis on the > output side, ie. I want to use it mainly for plain listening and > occasional recordings. > > In absence of better recommendations, I would just buy another terratec > or an edirol ua-25 ex, but I wouldn't mind to spend a little more for > some extra audio quality ;-) > > Note that I am basically limited to usb, since I want to use it with a > laptop. I have aquired a V-DAC from musical fidelity [1] last weekend. It has been tested by several (German and English) audio magazines to provide sound output on par with cd players costing about ten times as much... I can confirm that sound on linux is superb; it works out of the box as an usb audio device: $ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: default [USB Audio DAC ], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 It plays way better (really no comparison) than my Terratec Phase 26 and better than my nakamichi CD player. Best regards, Johannes [1] http://www.musicalfidelity.com/products/vseries/vdac.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensign option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
