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gregpod9

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Apr 27, 2007
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I ordered the Sound Blaster OMNI USB sound card for my late 2013 13" MBPr. I would like to know if anyone here uses a USB sound card on their mbp's and if they are worth getting?
 

ayeying

macrumors 601
Dec 5, 2007
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Yay Area, CA
If you have great speakers and lossless music, it'll sound awesome. Otherwise, the internal sound card does pretty well for what it is.
 

boast

macrumors 65816
Nov 12, 2007
1,407
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Phoenix, USA
I have the xonar u7, which I got for switching between headphones and speakers easily. For that reason I think it is worth getting. Otherwise in terms of quality, MBP's come with a pretty good DAC inside already.
 

UBS28

macrumors 68030
Oct 2, 2012
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My soundcard from Apogee sounds much better than the rMBP. So I'd say yes.
 
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