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(More customer reviews)I bought this to replace the failing built-in sound in my 15" Powerbook G4, and am very impressed with the quality of sound it delivers.
I have not tested its recording capabilities, but its ability to reproduce every detail and defect of the source material is amazing in comparison to every built-in and PCI sound card I've used. It is not designed for gaming, and does not offer the 3d sound processing features of other (more expensive yet lower quality) USB audio offerings, but it excels in what it's designed for: high-quality stereo audio.
Installation of the driver on OS X 10.4.3 went painlessly, and after selecting it as the output device in System Preferences it was smooth sailing. My only quibble is that the volume control it provides to the operating system (accessed through the volume keys on the keyboard) behaves in a linear fashion instead of the usual logarithmic fashion. I have not tested the UA-1EX on a PC, so I cannot comment on the quality of its drivers for Windows.
The construction of the device appears to be sound, but given that it is a plastic computer peripheral, I wouldn't recommend subjecting it to extreme abuse. It appears to have plenty of power to drive headphones -- the ones I currently own are driven to unbearable loudness and distortion at only halfway up the UA-1EX's headphones volume control.
Overall, I highly recommend this product for anyone looking to improve the quality of sound from their computer. It is a little awkward to use with my laptop while mobile (added cord spaghetti), but leaving it connected to my Hi-Fi system and just plugging the USB cable in when I want to use it works great. I would also highly recommend this for anyone interested in building an HTPC around a Mac Mini or other small computer with dubious built-in sound.
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