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 debian (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 > phase 26 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 my debian lenny 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. (Only drawback: I'd like to have an analog digital converter as well...) Best regards, Johannes [1] http://www.musicalfidelity.com/products/vseries/vdac.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
