External Sound Card

[Rmafive]

Hey guys,
I have two sets of speakers, one is a 2.1 and the other is just two speakers. I would like to create a surround sound setup, but I have no means of doing that with only my late 2008 unibody macbook pro. I was looking at the Creative X-Fi Surround 5.1, but I am not sure as to whether or not it is mac compatible. If so could you recommend any other usb external 5.1 cards? Thanks!!

 

[Rmafive]

Any ideas??

 

[przemek.rebacz]

i would suggest this sound card: ESI GIGAPORT HD

 

[kungfumonkey]

Amazon is a good bet...

Hey guys,
I have two sets of speakers, one is a 2.1 and the other is just two speakers. I would like to create a surround sound setup, but I have no means of doing that with only my late 2008 unibody macbook pro. I was looking at the Creative X-Fi Surround 5.1, but I am not sure as to whether or not it is mac compatible. If so could you recommend any other usb external 5.1 cards? Thanks!!

Check Amazon. They have really good prices on Mac stuff. http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Computers/b?ie=UTF8&node=565124

 

[dsprimal]

while were on the subject i would like to know as well. the quality is good through my sennheiser hd 555's. but i wanna see if an external sound card would actually make a difference.

 

[Rmafive]

i would suggest this sound card: ESI GIGAPORT HD

That looks like the perfect card, thanks! I don't know why I had so much trouble finding one. I was wondering, though, about the quality of the card, given that it is $100. Have you ever used this card, if so, what are your thoughts on it's quality? Thanks