On Wed, Jun 05, 2013 at 04:25:56PM +0200, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: > in case someone is looking for a similar problem solver: > i just received an esi gigaport hd+, which is a usb1 > class-compliant, bus powered audio interface that provides 8 > discrete unbalanced audio outs. at 135€, it's not quite a steal, but > it solves one problem: to be able to listen to 5.1/7.1 content with > a laptop. > > it works with jack out of the box and comes with two headphone outs, > one of which plays outs1/2, the other plays a pair-wise mix of all > eight outs. there is a row of flashing blue leds as "signal present" > indicators, although their threshold is a bit on the high side. > > sound quality is appropriate, i gave it a quick listen and there is > nothing obviously wrong. Interesting device... If and when you find the time, could you hook it up to a Micstasy line input and Jaaa... ? Ciao, -- FA A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow) _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
