I have been using my ASUS Z170I Pro Gaming for several years now. The built-in "SupremeFX" audio chip is said to be noise-isolating and "pristine", but in fact it was horrendous hissing and hissing out of my headphones. This "Bengoo" USB stick has a universal 3.5mm headphone audio jack in addition to the regular 3.5mm microphone and audio jacks, allowing me to use in-ear headphones. Turning the gain down a bit to 100%, even at 100% audio in the Windows mixer, the audio quality is very crisp and clearly surpasses the onboard audio I had on my Asus board, comparable to the SoundBlaster E5. I had a DAC and decided to just quit after less than two years of ownership. I plugged Bengoo into my monitor's USB hub for easy access and had no problem setting it up for Discord and Teamspeak. People on the other end like the quality of the mic. All in all I think it was a pretty good buy.
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