Andrea Electronics Corporation Andrea Electronics C1-1021450-1 model USB-SA-1 High Fidelity External Digital Sound Card with Noise Reduction Technology

A classic example of getting what you pay for. There are less expensive USB audio adapters, but many of them feature low sampling rates and monaural recording. This one can playback and record with 2 channel, 16 bit, 48kHz digital audio.

works perfectly

Drivers have problems with Windows 10. They very rarely change sample rate when in use causing pitch to drop. Otherwise this would be a 5 star review.

I use mine with a lavaliere microphone that has a 3.5mm mini-plug, to record training videos onto my laptop for work. I have tried similar devices including those by Sabrent (noisiest, and does not work at all on some laptops), Turtle Beach (worked on my older laptops, useless on new ones), Audio-Technica (an improvement, but still noisy) and Plantronics (OK). This one is the best, because of the noise reduction when recording -- there's still some hiss, but so little that it's easily removed in Audacity or just ignored. My son also has one, which he uses as a headphone amplifier and it also works better with headphones than any similar device we have tried. So, between us we have found this the best choice for both sound in, and sound out, where USB is the best available interface but your listening or recording device has a standard mini-plug. Well worth the few extra dollars.

Great sound card. I've been using these Andreas for almost 20 years in court reporting. Great quality.