Thanks Mark, that was the hint I needed - I don't need anything complex at all, but I got caught up in thinking I needed an actual sound card, when a USB speaker does the trick perfectly.
I plugged in my USB headphones and away I went. Sometimes one stares at a problem for way too long when the answer is right there on the side of them, hanging from their ear ;-) Martin Mark Carlson wrote: > On 12/13/07, Martin Glazer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm looking to get a USB sound card and was wondering if anyone had any >> experience or recommendation with one that would operate under Linux? >> >> I was also looking for a PCI-E soundcard, but it doesn't look like the >> Creative Soudblaster I found is compatible yet. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Martin > > Thanks to the USB specification, pretty much anything that is simple > (e.g. mic. input, headphone and line output) should Just Work. If you > are looking for 5.1 surround sound with fancy effects, then you'll > have to just search for "<sound card model number> <your linux > distro>" and see what comes up. > > This is the one I have, and it is great if you have some nice > headphones (and need a portable headphone amp,) but otherwise, you > could get something comparable in ease of use for much less money: > http://www.headphone.com/products/headphone-amps/the-mobile-line/headroom-total-bithead.php > > However, it is a good example of something just working when you plug > it in. It has a very standard USB audio interface, and so should most > other choices. > > -Mark C. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
