BEHRINGER U-CONTROL UCA222

Advantages: The sound is better than from the sound card built into the laptop
Excellent HF
Easy to connect
There is a headphone jack

Disadvantages: MF is not very

Comment: Fully fulfills its price
HF have become crystal clear, but the feelings they pulled up
The midrange is lame, for heavy guitar music they are badly lacking, something light sounds super
Overall, the sound is much better.
Suitable if you do not want to invest a lot, but want to improve the sound quality
PS: budget speakers 2.1 SNEN five years ago, headphones ATH M-50
I listen mostly metal

Advantages: build quality 5, size, sound quality, optical output, usb cable 140 cm, weight 106 g

Disadvantages: not

Comment: bought for Edifier R2730DB expectations met !!!!

Advantages: As a cheap USB-SPDIF adapter - great. Drivers are not required. Turned on, in the mixer of Windows and in the player Foobar2000 set up the sound output through it, turned off all other sound outputs.

Disadvantages: For the price they simply do not.
From nagging - when used as a DAC and outputting sound by analogy - loses the DAC of my receiver HK avr 330.
Only 16 bits and 48 kHz. For someone it's a minus)

Comment: For 2.000r. The device is excellent.
I bought it as a USB-spdif converter to output the sound from the computer to the digital input of the harman / kardon avr330 receiver with JBL E60 passive speakers. Cope with this task, more and is not required.
As a DAC, when outputting a signal by analog, it loses the receiver's DAC in terms of volume, brightness, and clarity of sound. I connected the analog and digital to the receiver at the same time, and alternately looped through the inputs. But it is nice that there are both analog and digital output.
I tried it with ASIO, and without it, I did not catch the difference in sound when listening.
I don't record sound, I can't say anything about it.
For such a price, the device is excellent, but it is not necessary to require high quality sound from it when used as an external DAC. But anything better than the built-in realtek mother)

Advantages: Great sound for little money.

Disadvantages: not found.

Comment: Took on the advice of a friend. To be honest, I doubted that for such money you can get something very different from the built-in sound one. However, bundled with the Yamaha NX-50 got an excellent system.

I am not an audiophile and took a map and speakers just to listen to music.
Expectations were justified completely, already listened to music played with new colors.

Advantages: Very high quality sound, no driver needed.

Disadvantages: Works only if you force off the built-in speakers

Comment: Music lovers are encouraged to purchase

Advantages: Sound, size and price, of course

Disadvantages: At such a price - no

Comment: I am satisfied with the purchase, but I did not hear a revolutionary breakthrough in sound quality compared to the built-in Acer Extensa 5620 laptop sound card. Yes, the sound of Sennheiser headphones improved, became more detailed, more volumetric, tasty, the depth of the scene appeared, there was no need to use equalizers. But there is no great change.However, for the money I did not expect it. Stereo 5.1 began to produce a better, more spatial and balanced sound (earlier the bass somehow fell off the general panorama). I am not a connoisseur of music and I am not familiar with hi-end acoustics, therefore I consider this sound card to be a good acquisition for those who wish, for a ridiculous price, to improve the sound quality to an acceptable level and with the availability of budget equipment.

Advantages: High-quality stereo for modest money. ASIO.

Disadvantages: There is no sound reproduction.

Comment: I am not a musician, I bought it to listen to music. Then - it was the best choice in comparison with the "creatives" for the same price.

Advantages: 1. Low price
2. High sound quality
3. Compact and simple to ugliness (in a good way). Drivers do not need to install, stuck and listen
4. Exceeded all expectations.

Disadvantages: I would like anti-slip lining, but it is very easy to slide on the table. Looks pretty cheap.
I tried to install drivers from the official Behringer site ... I wish I didn’t do that, the sound was two times quieter and some kind of flat. And I do not advise you (if you also use the card only for sound output).

Comment: Much can be understood only by comparison.
I only need a sound card to listen to music, so I can’t say anything about recording with it. As for sound quality ...
Before that, there was a pci-e x1 zvukovuha Asus Xonar DX 7.1, it was necessary to replace it with a USB solution.
During the search, I came across this thing, it became interesting. I read about it a lot of reviews in Russia and abroad before you buy; people generally respond positively. And still, until the last moment I was afraid that the sound would disappoint me and the money would be wasted.
But in the end ...
I compared the sound of Asus Xonar and Behringer on the same compositions, just switching sound sources and did not catch a significant difference! The budget card Behringer is not inferior in sounding to the relatively tricked Xonar, which is twice as expensive! Moreover, I have a feeling that the Behringer is even a bit more detailed at mid frequencies (the acoustics and the amplifier, by the way, are far from cheap).
Headphone preamplifier is also quite good, swinging high impedance reinforcement plugs.
In short, the price / quality ratio is just super! 95/100

Advantages: Great sound, no wood needed

Disadvantages: Not

Comment: I use for events, I am satisfied with everything ... Much better than the built-in card, even a macbook