Most of my computers have audio jacks on them. You know what they look like, 3.5mm or 1/8th inch audio ports.
You probably have your speakers plugged into this right now.
But I do have a couple of computers that have no audio ports, at all. Many of the servers in my company datacenter have no audio ports at all.
This really isn't a problem for servers, they rarely need audio.
My main daily driver (the computer I'm typing this on now) does have built-in audio ports, but I don't use them, I have a Creative Labs SoundBlaster card that has audio ports and I use those.
But on many of my other computers, I do not use the audio ports at all. All audio goes through my USB ports.
For example, I have this gaming headset. (I'm not a gamer, but my grandson is)
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It plugs into a USB port.
I have these speakers connected to a couple of computers, I love them.
I use this microphone.
For my main audio workstation, I have a USB DAC.
I don't know that there is any big advantage or improved audio quality using USB over the audio ports, it's just a preference.
But I was wondering does anyone else do this?
I know some computers also come with SP/DIF optical ports for audio, does anybody use these? My Soundblaster card
has an SP/DIF port and I briefly used it before I got the speakers I'm using now.
You probably have your speakers plugged into this right now.
But I do have a couple of computers that have no audio ports, at all. Many of the servers in my company datacenter have no audio ports at all.
This really isn't a problem for servers, they rarely need audio.
My main daily driver (the computer I'm typing this on now) does have built-in audio ports, but I don't use them, I have a Creative Labs SoundBlaster card that has audio ports and I use those.
But on many of my other computers, I do not use the audio ports at all. All audio goes through my USB ports.
For example, I have this gaming headset. (I'm not a gamer, but my grandson is)
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It plugs into a USB port.
I have these speakers connected to a couple of computers, I love them.
I use this microphone.
For my main audio workstation, I have a USB DAC.
I don't know that there is any big advantage or improved audio quality using USB over the audio ports, it's just a preference.
But I was wondering does anyone else do this?
I know some computers also come with SP/DIF optical ports for audio, does anybody use these? My Soundblaster card
has an SP/DIF port and I briefly used it before I got the speakers I'm using now.