USB powered speakers

[jimmyj68]

Inexpensive desktop speakers powered from a USB port ----how does it access your analog/digital sound signals? Does it matter if you are using on-board sound or a sound card?

 

[lehtv]

USB speakers have integrated sound controllers. The data is not processed by the PC, it's transferred over USB and then processed by the external device. Integrated sound or sound card makes no difference, these are not used in sound over USB

FYI there are also USB powered speakers that only use the USB for power but not audio, in this case the processing unit is wherever you plug in the audio jack. Technically you could draw power from one PC and listen to audio from another

 

[jimmyj68]

thanks for the info. I'm going to get three 10 dollar speaker sets for three computers used in a kids learning situation. Didn't want to spend too much on the kid'd sounds. if these 10 dollar speakers crap out no haem done. Thanks again.