This is just an USB sound card with some nice features. It is not by any chance snake oil. It takes the noise out because only the digital sound stream goes over the USB, and the D/A conversion takes place without as much interference as inside the computer going through all the mobo circuitry.
I have been looking at something like this for some time, it is nice. I have been using the similar Sondigo Callisto, which is great, but it doesn't have Dolby Headphone. Hopefully this one does.
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This is just an USB sound card with some nice features. It is not by any chance snake oil. It takes the noise out because only the digital sound stream goes over the USB, and the D/A conversion takes place without as much interference as inside the computer going through all the mobo circuitry.
I have been looking at something like this for some time, it is nice. I have been using the similar Sondigo Callisto, which is great, but it doesn't have Dolby Headphone. Hopefully this one does.