Cubilux USB A 7.1 External Surround Sound Card with Line In and Mic In

Bought for a Sim Racing rig using bass shakers for tactile feedback. I recently upgraded my PC only to find the new motherboard did not easily support 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound. This has been a really quick, easy to set up, and painless alternative solution. No issues at all, instructions in English, plugged and played.

Plug and play with modern Linux distributions. I'm using Linux Mint and it works out of the box. The unit is very well made and is really small, making it suitable for use with a laptop computer. The unit detects when headphones or loudspeakers are plugged into it and the audio control application adjusts its menu and sliders accordingly, allowing stereo or one of a number of configurations including 2.1, 4.0, 4.1, 5.1 and 7.1. Note that it only has analogue i/o so it isn't suitable if you're looking for optical or SP/DIF connectivity, but that's clearly stated and what it does it does extremely well.

The onboard sound stopped and died. This little beauty got my Dolby 5•1 sound operational. I did a Microsoft update for the drivers and rebooted the computer-server. Did I say it was LOUD? Oh boy plenty of sound.

Having tried other devices to connect my new PC with an old/legacy 5.1 sound system, this one seems to work. Sorting out connections is often quite a laborious task, and this was the case here. However, this device is plug and play and my new pc recognised it without any trouble. You need to work through the set-up which is mainly to be expected, but eventually I got there. I'm not sure the woofer connection is great, but I had been led to believe that there might be some issues and sound degradation, but overall a pretty reasonable device for the money. Also has a handy adaptor for USB ports and there is no additional power supply required.

Worked straight away with my Logitek Z506 surround speakers

I use Logitech z906 surround speakers. Getting them working with the Nvidia Shield is a mixed bag, as some apps will transmit encoded surround over HDMI and others will use PCM or decode the media audio and then transmit PCM. Using the HDMI and an optical cable works fine for the former. But PCM audio is a little trickier. This works as an excellent way to get PCM or decoded surround sound out of the shield and into the speakers. Specifically for game streaming or for Plex or other players that decode the audio. I previously used another USB audio interface but the 9.2 shield update broke the functionality and would only play sound out of the front speakers. Probably because that audio interface was using an ancient chip. This worked right away with zero hassle. The shield immediately recognised it as an audio interface and when selected output surround sound perfect on the first try.

While this Cubilux 7.1 USB Surround Sound Card worked, the device was excellent and helped solve sound problems on my PC. But after a few days it was no longer recognised by my PC, even though there was bleep when plugging it in. The same happened on my second PC after it failed on the first. A bleep, but then nothing when I tried to select it as my speaker output. I then tried it from scratch on my laptop and it was not recognised at all. The Help offered on the Amazon site gave lots of instructions of how to get the PC to recognise it, but all to no avail. The Cubilux 7.1 USB Surround Sound Card itself had stopped working, although the blue light came on. So I have had to return it, which is a pity because it was really useful for what I needed it for.

Does what it is supposed to (at least for my purposes). On buying a new windows 11 laptop I found the integrated 3.5mm jack has no line in functionality. This little plug and play box worked a treat. I thought about buying a cheaper one but they didn't have a dedicated line in and I was worried a cheaper one would not have solved my problem.As soon as lead plugged into the line in jack on the box, laptop recognised it as default recording device. The default signal was quite low for the input I was using, but this was easily rectified by adjusting the settings via control panel/sounds. Very happy with this.

Es lo que yo esperaba calidad precio y el producto llegó antes de lo previsto. Muy satisfecho con la compra

I have had my CA7 for about 2 months now and it works great. no problems what so ever and works great with my 5.1 setup. No drivers, no software just plug in and go. Who could ask for something so easy. Sound is good and on par with my old sound card that died.

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I picked this up expressly to connect my old 5.1 Logitech speaker system with triple-AUX (3.5mm, front/center/rear) inputs to a brand new mini PC that's being used for media, and it works marvellously - truly plug and play. Sound quality is quite good, though the formats on 5.1 surround are limited (which is mentioned in the product description so you know what to expect). Build quality is also very good. My one word of caution if you are buying for a PC to play streaming services like me is streaming services DO NOT support 5.1/7.1 surround audio on a Windows PC over an AUX/USB connection. Netflix will support Dolby 5.1 if you have 5.1 equipment connected and detectable over HDMI, but otherwise none of the big ones (Netflix, Youtube, Disney Plus, Prime) will play more than stereo + subwoofer audio, which is INCREDIBLY disappointing. This still works well to connect a speaker system if you have it already, which is probably where most people would want it anyway, just don't waste your time trying to get 5.1 working in any of the streaming services, it will only worked for downloaded files and DVD/blu-ray playback.

top très efficace qualité du son petite taille reconnu immédiatement sous windows 11