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1.5 stars
"Pops and crackles and pauses"
Summary: This is essentially an external sound card connecting through USB. Configuration is very easy on Windows 2000/XP. When running no other programs on a computer, the sound quality is OK - though not much better than my cheap built-in sound chip. In realistic usage, however, sound quality is horrible - full of noisy crackles and moments of suspended silence. This is because on CPU or I/O spikes the USB is starved of data. And running normal applications frequently causes such spikes, even on a powerful computer. Support advice is, don't run other programs. This product would be great on a computer strictly dedicated to playing music.
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