Tips to buy External Sound Card for Laptops and Netbooks

**Nathen** · 20-07-2011

External sound card are capable of performing all kinds of traditional support needed to work on a laptop or netbook. This does not means that your internal sound supports is wasted. You can achieve high rate of audio quality by using any branded external sound card on largest speakers. Usually the audio chips are built on the motherboard itself which runs by the official drivers. Today you can reply on the USB connection for good sound quality. I am listing here some of the best sound cards for laptop and netbook and even for Tablet PC if you can get appropriate drivers for the same.

Creative Sound Blaster Surround 5.1 : This is an budget sound card. This sound card looks like a modem, you can connect not only the 5.1-channel acoustics, but also, using coaxial and optical outputs, high-quality amplifier and CD / DVD-Player. Ease of communication with the device improves the ability to manually adjust the audio settings. The front panel: on / off button, volume control, microphone, volume control sound, as well as a 3.5-mm jacks for microphone and headphones.

Creative Xmod X-FI : If you can view any image of this sound card then you will find that, this sound card is best in portability. Power is supplied from the port of USB, but the extra power is available and sold separately from the 5-volt power supply. Interestingly, the card does not require any additional drivers in Windows XP or Mac OS X. In this Xmod automatically disables the integrated audio or immediately after connecting, or reboot the computer. Compared with embedded into the motherboard audio interfaces based on Realtek ALC880, Xmod provides higher quality sound.

E-Mu 0202 : This external sound card comes in high range. This is a professional solution that allows you to connect a microphone and earphones (100 mA) with manual adjustment of volume level. ound output at the same time as the speakers and headphones. Separate MIDI-port is not, however, the card can work with a guitar and a synthesizer, connected to the PC via USB. The card can work with both Windows XP/x64, and with Mac OS X. It is compatible with most popular audio / sequencer applications. This an much higher professional solution.

M-Audio Audiophile FireWire : This sound is card is designed for DJ's and for those who are more professional in music. The sound card comes in multiple functionality and has much better options. Audiophile FireWire differs from the PCI-brother even that card is 4, not 2 analog output interface RCA. The rear panel also has 2 RCA inputs, 2 S / PDIF input / output, MIDI-connectors for direct connection of synthesizers and other media equipment. The front panel is a 6.3-mm output TRS. The second controller may change or that the audio depending on the software settings made by the user.

**Mayur_Jain** · 20-07-2011

This question s a bit difficult to answer directly. It is not easy to decide which can be the best external sound card for an laptop or netbook. It depends on the budget of your system and also the choice which you want. You can go for a high sound quality or better a nominal quality. So for me to put mine on first, external sound card with 4 inputs + MIDI I / O support.

**Atakapa** · 20-07-2011

Check for M-Audio Transit USB. USB is the best and easy interface you can try. This external usb does not needs any external power source. You do not have to worry whether it is PCI and within two years there is no standard PCI motherboards, it will be replaced by PCI express almost everything, is inevitable, but the USB there is no indication in the long term so long life to the sound card and USB. I found this one better than creative.