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| StarTech ICUSBAUDIO USB 2.0 to Audio Adapter | 
 enlarge | Brand: StarTech
Category: CE
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $15.80
You Save: $4.19 (21%)
New (36) Used (1) from $15.80
Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Platform: Macintosh
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 3.2 x 1.6 x 0.6
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: ICUSBAUDIO
Model: ICUSBAUDIO
UPC: 065030819183
EAN: 0065030819183
ASIN: B000NPKGGK
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Adapter turns USB port into two audio jacks | | • | Supports the USB audio device specification 1.0 | | • | Compliant with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 | | • | Compatible with Windows 98SE and up, and Mac OS 9.x and later | | • | Backed by a 1-year warranty |
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Amazon.com Product Description
The StarTech ICUSBAUDIO USB 2.0 to Audio Adapter turns a USB port to audio jacks and lets you to add headsets and microphones to your computer without needing to unplug other devices. The adapter is USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 compliant and supports the USB audio device specification 1.0. Installation is as simple as plugging it in and the sound quality it outstanding. The StarTech ICUSBAUDIO USB 2.0 to Audio Adapter works with Windows 98SE and up, and Mac OS 9.x and later. It is backed by a 1-year warranty.
Product Description
Running out of audio jacks? Now, with ICUSBAUDIO, you can add headsets and microphones to your computer without the need to unplug other devices!Compliant with USB 2.0 and USB audio device specification 1.0, this USB to audio adapter couldn't be any simpler to install.Compatible with Windows 98SE and up, as well as Mac OS 9.x and later, ICUSBAUDIO integrates into any computer environment, providing superb sound quality and convenience that can't be matched.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Have a good sound but it's a little crash with Vista September 24, 2008
This USB SOUND works fine when it works , but if don't, you get a pain in the..... because sometimes windows vista doesn't recognize the USB device and sometimes a message error appears: Cmsnxeye stop working......
well I had to erase all the files with that name and I had to plug and unplug the USB SOUND and it stars to work and fine.... great sound with 5.1 speakers
 Arrived DOA September 17, 2008
Maybe I got a bad unit but I received my item promptly and was disappointed to find out that every computer I tried it in said the device was defective and could not be recognized. The driver CD was no help and there are no drivers online.
I returned it and purchased the Turtle Beach solution which cost $5 more and have been quite content with the alternative device's performance.
horrible output sound quality September 2, 2008
I bought this item after reading the reviews, hoping that the sound output would be better than those chinese $4 devices you can find anywhere with shipping included. my suspicion now is that this item is in fact that same device in a different plastic case (which by the way is not a quality case either).
the output sound quality is horrendous, lacking definition and response in the high end of the spectrum. no amount of fiddling with software or external EQs can rescue the sound to an acceptable quality level. also, when wave and mixer volumes are maxed out (the default setting) the device saturates horribly.
I'm not an audiophile but I have good hearing and pay attention to detail. the device delivers unacceptable performance for music playback (including movie viewing IMHO) but could be used for voice or game sound effects. or for any use if you have a dirt-cheap speaker system.
I haven't tested the input.
also note that I got this item in black, not white as shown.
Device Detection and Driver Installation Failure August 26, 2008
I was expecting an easy installation of this device on my computers; simply plug the device in and install the driver. However, installation failed on both of my computers. When running setup (automatically started when I put in the driver CD), I got a "Please Plug-In C-Media USB Sound" alert message, which I am guessing indicates it did not discover the device. After this, installation does not continue as described in the PDF user's manual, and the device remains unrecognized. This device is likely a dud, and StarTech probably put their logo on some cheap USB Audio Adapter coming out of Asia (the manual requires a Chinese plug-in for the PDF reader). If Amazon replaces this device easily, and it works, I will do a new review or modify this one.
 it works well July 17, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
We needed a second sound card. At my house, we connect our home computer
to the stereo and use it as a music-player. Previously, if my son played a
video games on the computer while music was playing, one would hear a messy audio mixture (beeps + song....)
This USB-based "external sound card" was a perfect solution for me.
(My computer is GNU/Linux-based; I am able to route the output of the
music-player-daemon to this second sound adapter. So the computer has
then two diferent audio outputs.)
The adapter's interface is standards-compliant, so it works without difficulty
under ALSA in Linux. I can't comment personally on how it works e.g. with
a Mac or Windows-based machine; I would guess that it would be also trouble-free.
The sound is great. It is small and quite affordable. Highly recommended.
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