PCI-e or USB sound card recommendation

[Frans Ketelaars]

On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:02:44 -0500, Preston Hagar wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Masao Garcia <masaog at fshac.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Here are two USB sound cards
>>
>>> http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.5831
>>
>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812186035
>>
>>> Preston
>>
>> Preston, thank you for the suggestions.  Do you know for sure if any of
>> these USB cards for with Hardy 64-bit?  I did some quick research for
>> the SYBA card and it looks like one person posted saying it worked with
>> various 64-bit OSes, including Ubuntu, but I found a thread from
>> someone else saying it didn't work for him in Ubuntu (didn't specify
>> which version).  I'd like to be pretty sure before I recommend this
>> purchase to my boss.  Thanks.

Please give a link to the thread which says it didn't work ;)

> I know that the Syba card works in 32-bit Hardy with no problems.
> Unfortunately, I haven't personally tested it in 64-bit.  I beleive it
> is a pretty common chipset, however, and in 32-bit Hardy requires no
> special installation or configuration (just plug it in, boot up, turn it
> up in alsamixer if needed).  Also, as a side note, if ordering ofr a
> business need, you may want to stay away from dealextreme.com.  I have
> ordered several things from them before with no issue, but they are
> located in Hong Kong (I think) and it typically takes 3-4 weeks to ship
> to the U.S. (not sure where you are but I would be that unless you are
> in Hong Kong or a nearby area the shipping times would be similar).
> 
> Newegg, on the other hand, typically delivers within a few days.  I
> think that Syba card was about $7 USD, so it may be worth the gamble to
> try it out on 64-bit Hardy.
> 
> Preston

http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Main#ALSA_SoundCard_Matrix
says: "All USB devices that are standards compliant will work. If they do
not please report to the mailing lists."

http://www.syba.com/index.php?controller=Product&action=Info&Id=373 says:
" • Compliant with USB Audio Device Class Specification 1.0 " They even
mention Linux!

So it /should/ just work :) If it doesn't work with 64-bit Hardy that
would be a serious bug IMHO, especially if it works with the 32 bit version.

Good luck!

    -Frans