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Review on πŸ”Š Optimal Shop USB 2.0 External Sound Card 6 Channel 5.1 Surround Adapter Audio S/PDIF for PC -Blue: Enhance Your PC Audio Experience by Rick Bishop

Revainrating 5 out of 5

adds crystal clear DD 5.1 surround sound to Windows 10

Although the instructions are useless, I got it up and running in an hour+ with a Windows 10 Home Premium laptop that only supports stereo sound would have. This notebook is not used in the target configuration. Destination is my desktop: - Video NAS (12TB, 1000+ MPG files with DD 5.1 audio streams) - Intel z8350 based system with WIndows 10 hme Premium ($105) - VLC VideoLan (unabridged version M$ , but original, with forced DD-5.1 and forced S/P-DIF enabled) - HDMI (video) + S/P-DIF assigned audio to Sony A/V receiver - TCL 40" HDMI monitor and speaker system Cambridge Labs, Soundworks 5.1 I will also be testing later this month on a home theater with a Marantz A/V receiver (7.1 upmix on an Altec-Lansing A10 VoTT, 17 channel commercial speaker system) and a 96" screen. I wouldn't do it if it wasn't for the sound quality.

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