USB 2.0 External Sound Card 6 Channel 5.1 Surround Optical S/PDIF Audio Sound Card Adapter for PC Laptop Recording Compatible with Windows 10/8 / 7/ XP

I bought this product for my dorm room so I can play games, watch movies, or enjoy music in 5.1 surround sound. I definitely like the product, I'm able to tell actual from virtual surround sound and I love it, it just takes a little messing around with on the included disc. The sound card settings software doesn't make itself apparent at all and requires a little digging into files to find it and even then, the software is called "facelift", which doesn't give any hint to that being the sound card controls. It's a little tedious, but I believe it's worth the hassle because now I can use my 3ds and other devices just using the line in and an aux cord and enjoy the music on my speakers.(Facelift is found on the disc under [Your version of Windows] > SoftwareDriver > DLL > CPL > x64 or x86 [Depending on your processor])Hope this helps people.{Update} Upon further tinkering, I found out how to shift the settings to true 5.1 and I'm rather disappointed because there's a high pitch sound running through my speakers that I don't know how to fix. So, I'm contemplating whether to just give up and look for a better option or if there is some way to fix this issue. This is still a decent porudct but, not for what I'm looking for.{Update 2} I found my problem and that was having an additional aux cord in my computer which was unnecessary, so I'm set with this product and back to enjoying music and video games on it.If anyone needs an explanation on how this product works, I can give a lot more info about the product that what comes in the box

I've had this product for quite a few years and it works fine for what I needed. I only deleted one star because the case is poorly made and I have to use a long zip tie all the way around it to keep it together.

So far so good. Win 10 recognizes the device as a basic sound card out of the box - if you only need 2 channel analog (i.e. headphone) output you won't need drivers. The included disc has the software and drivers to configure the optical output and analog multichannel outputs. Once configured you can right click the volume icon, select playback device, and choose between the analog and digital outputsPurchased because my integrated video card refuses to output audio on the HDMI port. This was an inexpensive work around and sounds pretty good. I have noticed that after installation my USB keyboard/mouse will stop working and need to be unplugged / plugged back in. possibly this sound card needs more power than my usb bus can provide - since I haven't seen other reviews with the same issue I'm going to assume its my PC.

Overall, I do think this is a decent product. It has its quirks, but I do think it's worth the money.Pros:- It's a small device that can be taken just about anywhere.- It's a cheap way to get audio capture from practically anything.- It has SPDIF inputs an outputs.- You can have 5.1 surround sound as an output.- It comes with decent software to set it up with, called Xear Audio Center. You're able to adjust the volume by decibel for each input/output, and individually change each ear's decibel level.Cons:- When listening, it has a very distinct and high-pitched hum. The best way I've been able to counter it is by turning the device itself down, while turning what I want to listen to up.- All audio inputs have a tinny sound.- If you tap or move the device while listening to something capturing, you can hear it.- The audio outputs are tinny and at times, was delayed by about half a second to a full second.- While it does come with software,, the software doesn't do much. All it can do is enable what you can hear (inputs and outputs) and change the volume.

The product worked great until I had to reinstall it on a Windows 7 machine. No response from the manufacturer after a week and evidently the company or website responsible for hosting the drivers "cmedia.com" no longer works or is in business. After days of searching for a drivers I'm at a loss.Now I understand, I had recently installed windows 7 and I had to select "allow non-essential updates" then wait for ALL of the updates to be installed. I guess the reason the drivers are not found on the internet is because Windows has incorporated them as a "plug and play" device. After the last update I unplugged it, did a full shutdown, restarted as the administrator and plugged it in. Windows recognized it and installed the correct drivers automatically.