USB Sound Box (5.1 Suround Sound)

[revlimiter]

Hey everyone,
So I am looking for a USB sound box that supports 5.1 surround sound in Snow Leopard 10.6.7 and Windows 7. I am using analogue input jacks (black, green, orange) and so far I have had no luck with this one:
http://sabrent.com/v2/8-channel-3d-usb- ... al-output/

Works fine in Windows 7 but when I boot into Snow Leopard only 2 speakers work with it. This could be due to driver support, Sabrent doesn't carry any OSX drivers for this model on their website..

Anybody know of a working USB sound box for a dual boot hackintosh / PC system? Looking for 5.1 surround.

Thanks!

 

[Sith]

All I can suggest is stay away from this one:

http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=45955 ... .com%20Ltd

The site says it's native MAC supported and I couldn't get it to stop popping and dropping audio. I'll admit the thing just plugged in and there was 5.1 analog no problem - for about 20 seconds with pops, clicks and snaps..

You may want to consider finding yourself an Audigy or Audigy2 PCI card and using one of those. I had one lying around saw some drivers on "insanely mac" and now I have 5.1 working fully and better sounding than on board.

Good luck.

Sith

 

[johnpqcruz]

I've been using this for some time with analog 5.1 speakers ...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6829180006

Cheap USB soundbox. It's 7.1, but works as 5.1 as well.

With SL, no problem using VLC for movies. But with Lion, the center-sound goes to the left rear. But there's a workaround - install Perian, then use Movist instead of VLC. afaik, Movist can only do stereo w/o Perian.

 

[revlimiter]

Hmmm, OK thanks - good to know.
I plan on upgrading to a Sandy Bridge board in the near future anyways, so if that doesn't work I'll have to give this a go.