Looking for a cheap sound card for linux, to avoid damaging ears.

[Lordofdeath123]

Hi all,

I have heard that the onboard audio on many a cheap motherboard/laptop is actually rather damaging to the ears. As such, I thought I would buy a (potentially used) audio card to avoid that. I have no further requirements on these sound cards, other than to protect the ears.

Unfortunately, I do not know the first thing about sound cards. I know that sound baster is a company that makes them, but I do not even know any other company. Unlike with graphics cards, where comparisons are easy (websites) and the naming gives you a clear indication on the quality etc. of the item, sound cards have remained a mystery to me.

I was hoping that you guys could help me out.

I have selected a few options, but have virtually 0 ideas on how they actually are, or even if the will do what I want them to...


Oh yeah... I want to use them on linux and I have heard that the external ones (USB) are in general much more compatible with linux.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/External...675263?hash=item46b218b87f:g:1eEAAOSwQY1fH99i

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-6-Ch...871805?hash=item2d0f56bffd:g:Ga4AAOSw2PVe8K6F

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Creative...040059&hash=item3b340ccf99:g:NIMAAOSwArNdLqpJ


Help would be appreciated. Cheers.

 

[Lordofdeath123]

Where did you come across this?

It is wrong? I have heard it from a semi-random Youtuber. I say semi-random, cause I have seen his videos often and he seems to know a little bit about tech. The argument was that, if the onboard audio is very bad, it will have higher spikes in volumes, one that might not even be fully audible/noticeable, but are generally not a nice thing for the ears.