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product_id: 54233576
title: "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"
brand: "valinks"
price: "$58"
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# Supports Optical S/PDIF Digital Audio Plug & Play USB 2.0 Compatibility 6-Channel 5.1 Surround Sound 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

**Brand:** valinks
**Price:** $58
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

> 🎶 Elevate your sound game—don’t just listen, immerse!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** 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 by valinks
- **How much does it cost?** $58 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.nz](https://www.desertcart.nz/products/54233576-usb-2-0-external-sound-card-6-channel-5-1)

## Best For

- valinks enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted valinks brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Compact & Portable Design:** Lightweight and sleek, this external sound card fits perfectly into any professional setup on the go.
- • **Crystal-Clear Optical Output:** Enjoy pristine digital audio via S/PDIF for flawless connection to your home theater or DAC.
- • **Immersive 5.1 Surround Sound:** Experience cinema-grade audio with true 6-channel output for your PC or laptop.
- • **Seamless USB 2.0 Plug & Play:** Instantly upgrade your audio without hassle—compatible with Windows 10/8/7/XP and more.
- • **Versatile Analog & Digital Recording:** Capture and playback both analog and digital audio with multiple sampling rates up to 48KHz.

## Overview

The VAlinks USB 2.0 External Sound Card delivers professional-grade 6-channel 5.1 surround sound with optical S/PDIF support, compatible across multiple Windows OS versions. It offers versatile analog and digital audio recording and playback at up to 48KHz sampling rates, all in a compact, plug-and-play USB design perfect for upgrading laptops and PCs without internal sound cards.

## Description

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Review: Does the job very well, great price! - Though the package is generic and mentions a top end of XP, this thing runs great on Windows 10, plug and play installed the driver. There is a tiny CD that requires and old ATA IDE DVD drive capable of playing a tiny disc with a small center hole, and no web site listed, and the CD is hand made. China knock off? Who knows and who cares? desertcart backs up their stuff. However, a couple of tips to avoid frustration: If your speakers are plugged into your laptop with a mini jack, the plug needs to be transferred to the like-colored outlet on the External Sound Card. Volume control is now via a driver provided mixer. Right-click on the Win 10 little volume icon in the task bar and select Playback Devices. Select the Levels tab. Now you can mute and change the level each of the Speaker Out, Line In and Mic In inputs to the external card box. Right-click on the volume icon in the task bar and select Open Volume Mixer and you can adjust the Mixer combined output. Under Speakers in the Mixer, select Speakers USB Sound Device so that the External Card takes over duties from the internal sound card. Voila. Sound. Left-click on the task bar's volume icon and the Mixer will pop up where you last had it. Close the Mixer window, and clicking on the volume icon in the task bar will pop up the normal Windows 10 level control. I place the Speaker/Line In/Mic In window at the lower right above the task bar, along with the Mixer window, so that I can right-click the volume icon and choose either the Volume Mixer or Playback Devices (Speaker Out/Line In/Min In in Levels tab) and get whatever volume control or mixer control I may need at the time. Great little unit. Great price.
Review: Four Stars, It works. - Update: The two additional devices worked very well. Test these in windows using the setup button after choosing the driver. Then test online with a dolby test in Youtube. I also got one in blue and it was noisy in the windows test. I used it's case for the first one to get a fully functioning device. for that one I had to remove the face plate because the green plug would not keep the jack in due to poor tolerances. These are tiny little devices. It's all about the chipset. The drivers off the mini CD worked in my 2009 win 7 system. This will keep the old motherboard working after the onboard sound in the R&L front speakers quit working. Even though I had to dismantle it to make it work I just ordered two more. Maybe one can be capable of working without modification and the others are for backup spares and test tools.

## Features

- USB 6 Channel 5.1 External Sound Audio Card for PC Laptop OS support: win 10/ 9/ 8 / XP / 2000 / Vista. External sound card USB 6 channel 5.1 audio. Record & play back digital and analog audio without sound card in your computer.
- USB sound is and USB audio controller. It supports 32KHz, 44.1KHz. (which two need driver or application software support) and 48KHz sampling rate in digital recording, 48KHz sampling in digital nalog audio playback.In digital playback mode, itreceives audio stream form PC via USB interface and transmits audio data according to the AESEBU, IEC60958, SPDIF cnsumer interface standards. Only R L channel PCM audio in 5.1 channel can be conveyed in digital playback mode.
- In analog playback mode, it supports 6 channels codec for analog playback In digital recording mode, it receives SPDIF digital audio input and sends back to PC through USB. Three sampling rates, includes 32KHz,44.1KHz are automatically locked internally. In analog recording mode, fixed 48KHz sampling rate issupportedby analog audio recording.
- If you want the fiber output to support 5.1-channel output, you must have the following conditions:1.The sound source must be DTS 5.1 channels, such as 3D games, HD movies. If it is a general MP3 or general 2-channel video, you can only have 2-channel effect.
- The player settings are important: if it is set up with PowerDVD software from the fiber output "Passthrough" through. Meaning that the sound card is only responsible for the fiber signal output, not decoding. Dispensers strongly recommend KMP this player, the function is very powerful。3. After the fiber output must be AC3 / DTS decoder, or built-in AC3 / DTS decoder amplifier and the like.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B075F5VYG7 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #163 in External Sound Cards |
| Brand | VAlinks |
| Color | Black |
| Customer Reviews | 3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars (422) |
| Date First Available | September 6, 2017 |
| Hardware Platform | Laptops, PC |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Dimensions LxWxH | 7.9 x 2.5 x 6.2 inches |
| Item Weight | 4.8 ounces |
| Item model number | VA312 |
| Manufacturer | VAlinks |
| Operating System | windows 10, windows xp |
| Product Dimensions | 7.9 x 2.5 x 6.2 inches |

## Product Details

- **Audio Output Mode:** Surround
- **Brand:** VAlinks
- **Compatible Devices:** Personal Computer, Laptop
- **Hardware Interface:** USB 2.0
- **Platform:** Windows 10

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## Questions & Answers

**Q: How can I get the rear boxes to produce sound?**
A: Assuming you are using Windows (works as of Oct. 2021): 
Go to the Sound Control Panel, Accessible through sound settings
Right click on the device (something like Speakers, USB audio device) and select 'Configure Speakers'
Follow the prompts to configure as desired.  The 'drivers' on the disk are not needed, and are C-medias little sound applet.  There is no reason I could find to install it.

**Q: I don't want to use this with my pc. I want to use the digital input from my tv and output to my pc speakers. Will that setup work?**
A: You'd need something like this: https://smile.amazon.com/Digital-Converter-Channel-Decoder-Optical/dp/B07X94PF4D

**Q: Would this work with audicity and the line in? i want to upload some cassette recordings from a old school cass deck.  thanks.**
A: I am not exactly sure what happens but as well as this unit works, certain software doesn't use it...Sonar X2, Reason 5 has a little issue but I didn't use it to record vocals, and I found it made a lot of "White Noise" in recording through the mic input...But the overall sound quality was great for output...It will definitely cancel out the onboard sound device...I am now seeking a Soundblaster Soundcard to mount to the mother-board, and simplify the process...Hope this helps and answers your question.

**Q: I use my laptop to play MP3/karaoke. I connect by headphone jack to a mixer. I get a impedance. Will this help? is this all I need? Anything else?**
A: This might help a bit, but it really depends on your laptop and the quality of your mixer. I've had no problem with past connecting (low end) laptops directly to my Mackie mixer with 1/8" stereo out of laptop to dual 1/4" left & right into mixer.  I use this sound card for hooking surround sound speakers in my office to my new laptop - sounds great for me.  With that said, this is a very low-risk item to try at less than $17.UPDATE -- you might try hooking an mp3 player up instead of the laptop and see how that sounds. If it still sounds bad you might look at the cable you're using or the sound equipment playing the music

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Does the job very well, great price!
*by J***N on August 28, 2017*

Though the package is generic and mentions a top end of XP, this thing runs great on Windows 10, plug and play installed the driver. There is a tiny CD that requires and old ATA IDE DVD drive capable of playing a tiny disc with a small center hole, and no web site listed, and the CD is hand made. China knock off? Who knows and who cares? Amazon backs up their stuff. However, a couple of tips to avoid frustration: If your speakers are plugged into your laptop with a mini jack, the plug needs to be transferred to the like-colored outlet on the External Sound Card. Volume control is now via a driver provided mixer. Right-click on the Win 10 little volume icon in the task bar and select Playback Devices. Select the Levels tab. Now you can mute and change the level each of the Speaker Out, Line In and Mic In inputs to the external card box. Right-click on the volume icon in the task bar and select Open Volume Mixer and you can adjust the Mixer combined output. Under Speakers in the Mixer, select Speakers USB Sound Device so that the External Card takes over duties from the internal sound card. Voila. Sound. Left-click on the task bar's volume icon and the Mixer will pop up where you last had it. Close the Mixer window, and clicking on the volume icon in the task bar will pop up the normal Windows 10 level control. I place the Speaker/Line In/Mic In window at the lower right above the task bar, along with the Mixer window, so that I can right-click the volume icon and choose either the Volume Mixer or Playback Devices (Speaker Out/Line In/Min In in Levels tab) and get whatever volume control or mixer control I may need at the time. Great little unit. Great price.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Four Stars, It works.
*by R***M on September 13, 2019*

Update: The two additional devices worked very well. Test these in windows using the setup button after choosing the driver. Then test online with a dolby test in Youtube. I also got one in blue and it was noisy in the windows test. I used it's case for the first one to get a fully functioning device. for that one I had to remove the face plate because the green plug would not keep the jack in due to poor tolerances. These are tiny little devices. It's all about the chipset. The drivers off the mini CD worked in my 2009 win 7 system. This will keep the old motherboard working after the onboard sound in the R&L front speakers quit working. Even though I had to dismantle it to make it work I just ordered two more. Maybe one can be capable of working without modification and the others are for backup spares and test tools.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A good product, but takes a little tinkering
*by M***N on November 4, 2018*

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

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