If you ’re still plugging your headphones and desktop speakers directily into your calculator ’s headphone jack , but are curious what lies on the other side of the audiophile watershed — consider giving this little $ 39 USB strait card a effort .
The new Hifiman Express HM-101 Portable USB Sound Card has no folderal , but according toone review , it will drastically improve the sound of the medicine on your computer . The digital - to - analog converter in your average Apple laptop is good enough — but not expectant . Basically , this midget little USB sound batting order just does a good occupation of turn the one and goose egg on your hard drive into an analog signaling to send to your earphone or speakers . The HM-101 is tiny and very simple : it ’s just a smidgen bigger than an iPod Nano , and has just a usb input and two outputs — one for headphones and one for speakers .
Hifiman usually make superior product — with superior price tag — for the audiophile marketplace . You wo n’t get that level of calibre with the HM-101 , but it will noticeably meliorate the sound of your medicine . If you come down in love , there are many hundreds and 1000 of dollar to pass endlessly improving sound . Maybe that ’s your vogue , mayhap it ’s not , but considering $ 39 will only get you part of the way to a decent pair of earbuds , give this fiddling hombre a try is a no - brainer . [ HeadDirectviaThe Audiophiliac ]
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