USB Sound Card with no "native" sound card

Can I achieve sound/microphone plugging a USB sound card?

Yes but you must ensure that drivers are available for your chosen Operating System.

The link you gave says

Operating systems: Win XP/Vista/Win 2000/Win 98/Win ME/Mac OS or a Sony Playstation 3

So the vendors of that specific device do not provide Linux drivers.

I'd search the intertubes for one that does.

RedGrittyBrick

Posted 2013-01-28T15:16:48.400

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I've read about people about using that product for Linux. What about USB speakers, will they work out of the box? – jacktrades – 2013-01-28T15:29:07.473

1@jacktrades: I'd expect USB speakers to work out of the box. This is because these usually conform to a standard USB device class. I'd still check (ask the vendor - that way you can return for a refund if they are not fit for the specific purpose for which they were expressly purchased) – RedGrittyBrick – 2013-01-28T15:33:43.713

that standard USB profile will it work even for Linux? So those USB speakers have a built in audio card.... – jacktrades – 2013-01-28T15:35:24.350

@Jacktrades: USB speakers mostly don't contain audio circuitry to support all the features you'd expect of a sound card: microphone-input, host-based volume-mixing, etc. They are examples of powered-speakers (i.e. a bit like "monitors") rather than passive-speakers in that they contain an audio amplifier. – RedGrittyBrick – 2013-01-28T15:41:53.137

they should contain a simplified version of an audio card then, right? it's an audio card at the end of the day – jacktrades – 2013-01-28T15:45:33.737

@jacktrades: Nope. Cars and planes both have wheels, that doesn't mean a car is a plane at the end of the day. A USB speaker and a USB "sound-card" are both USB audio devices. I wouldn't take it further than that. – RedGrittyBrick – 2013-01-28T16:10:15.973

USB Sound Card with no "native" sound card

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