Need a 3.5mm to USB adapter

[Elijah Kamski]

Hey there,

I need recommendations for a 3.5mm headphone to USB (preferable USB-C) adapter, and I need a good one that will support the sound of a rode lav mic and ensure that the sound quality is better than the mic I'm replacing, a Vive Cosmos.

Thanks,
Eli

[sub68]

Any usb sound card will work for most things

https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-External-Adapter-Windows-AU-MMSA/dp/B00IRVQ0F8?th=1

[Elijah Kamski]

4 minutes ago, sub68 said:

Any usb sound card will work for most things

https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-External-Adapter-Windows-AU-MMSA/dp/B00IRVQ0F8?th=1

Is the quality good?

Since it would be translating the analog signal to digital right?

[sub68]

4 minutes ago, Elijah Kamski said:

Is the quality good?

Since it would be translating the analog signal to digital right?

its well 41k/48k which is good enough.

(which needs to be manually selected in windows)

[OfficialTechSpace]

4 minutes ago, Elijah Kamski said:

Is the quality good?

Since it would be translating the analog signal to digital right?

An analog-to-digital coversion should be easy enough, even with that cheap adaptor. It might not be the cleanest sounding interface in the world, but I doubt you'll push it to the extremes using a lav mic.

1 minute ago, sub68 said:

its well 41k/48k which is good enough.

(which needs to be manually selected in windows)

Sample rate is not relative to sound quality

[sub68]

Just now, OfficialTechSpace said:

Sample rate is not relative to sound quality

I was going to add the bit depth and forgot ( I was trying to find the spec sheet)

[OfficialTechSpace]

7 minutes ago, sub68 said:

I was going to add the bit depth and forgot ( I was trying to find the spec sheet)

The cleanliness of the ADC interface itself would become an issue before the bit-depth or sample rate. Lol. There's probably a decent amount of noise within the audible range (-120dB), which is something the spec sheet won't tell you unfortunately. Great specs can still sound terrible in practice, luckily this isn't a studio application.

[sub68]

Just now, OfficialTechSpace said:

The cleanliness of the ADC interface itself would become an issue before the bit-depth or sample rate. Lol. There's probably a decent amount of noise within the audible range (-120dB), which is something the spec sheet won't tell you unfortunately.

true...

My head is too tired for electrical engineering, I have heard problems with the units using 3v instead of 5v

as the noise floor

I knew this adapter because of HAM ops recamending it and they say it does more than needed (not this comment)

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