External sound card

[RonaldA]

Hi All,

I want to buy external sound card. Please suggest affordable and quality usb cards.

Thankz in advance.

[Pugsly]

MAYA44 USB External Sound Card is famous for its performance and price. The MAYA44 USB is equipped with 4 output channels and 4 input channels along with S/PDIF Optical Digital Outputs.
The MAYA44 USB makes a great companion for ASIO based DJ software like BPM studio. The MAYA44 USB also plays back multiple tracks of audio from popular software synthesizers and samplers.

Features:

• 4 input channels and 4 output channels with RCA connectors
• -10dBV input / output level (unbalanced)
• optical S/PDIF digital output with Miniplug connector
• headphone output (1/8" connector) with 60mW amplifier
• ASIO 2.0 and CoreAudio support (4 inputs / 4 outputs)
• MME / WDM support (2 inputs / 2 outputs)
• Standard USB connection to PC or Mac
• compatible with Windows 2000, XP and Mac OS X
• compatible with all major DJ software applications
• compatible with all major professional audio applications
• compact, portable and lightweight design

[Gonzo]

ASUS Xonar U1 USB Audio Station transcodes any stereo source into Dolby Headphone, Virtual Speaker, and 5.1-channel Dolby Digital & Pro-Logic II surround sound. It also supports DirectSound, EAX, OpenAL for best gaming in Windows Vista and XP.

Specifications:

Output Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-Weighted):100 dB
Output THD+N at 1kHz (A-Weighted): 0.0045% (87dB)
Dynamic Range: 96dB
Portable Music Processor Lite
Add Dolby Headphone, Dolby Virtual Speaker (w/ Pro-Logic II), and Smart Volume Normalization processing to your digital music files
1 x Optical S/PDIF adaptor cable
1 x Stereo Vertical Array Microphone

It will cost you around $75-$80.

[Simond]

Zalman ZM-RSSC 5.1CH USB Sound Card is small and compact with Easy-to-connect Plug-n-Play USB interface.This product supports both optical and coaxial types of digital outputs along with analog 5.1 channel outputs.

A built-in amplifier provides full sound and ease of use. 3 Volume controls provide independent level adjustments for the Front, Rear, and Center/Subwoofer output channels.

Price: $60-$70.