Andrea Electronics C1-1021450-1 Model USB-SA-1 High Fidelity External Digital Sound Card with Noise Reduction Technology

Noisy and the connectors fit poorly. I returned it in favour of a Buddy model. Andrea changed hands recently and I believe quality might be slipping.

Am so glad I bought this. My laptop has an internal mic that I could not disable so this did the trick. I am now able to plug in an external mic and the sound is great.

Compré 13 unidades de este producto que dice que es de ANDREA ELECTRONICS y recibí un producto que externamente es idéntico pero es de otro fabricante ANDREA COMUNICATIONS. Que puedo hacer? No son 100% compatibles pues el que recibí no funciona con RASPBERRY PI.

The good: the thing works in all operating systems Ive tried. The bad: - I needed an external USB isolator to reduce static noise. - In both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 Pro, the Andrea drivers would not install. - Related to the above, Andreas AudioCommander software would not work, bc it didnt recognize the device as being from Andrea. So either this thing is not so great in general, I got a bad one, or the seller is not actually shipping Andrea gear. Couldnt tell you which. Andrea support was useless. They did eventually return the extra $10 Id paid them for their software. Im done with these.

Best SC ever

As a voice writer this is an essential tool that I use for work. Very good product!

This is the first time I have purchased this USB soundcard. I had another one that was way too sensitive for the kind of work that I was doing but this one has been terrific! I use Dragon Medical Practice Edition Version 4 for all of my dictation needs and I also market it and I recommend an external soundcard for all my customers simply because the sound cards inside computers and laptops are definitely inferior and will not be able to handle the kind of dictation needs that this Andrea Electronics external soundcard provides. I use it for my tabletop gooseneck microphone and also for my stereo dictation headphones. The sound comes through very well and the accuracy with dictation is terrific. There is no instability as I experienced with the other soundcard. I highly recommend it!

I had the device plugged into my mac book for less than 60 seconds and an error came up saying that a USB device was drawing too much power and my laptop had shut it off. I unplugged the device and it was too hot to even touch. After letting it cool I tried it again and it was dead, the USB port still works fine but the device is done. It was scary to me how hot it got and how quickly it got there. Not sure why this happened but it is very unsettling. I bought this one for the reviews but I guess I got the one.

Delivered on time and looks and works as described. Great product!

I needed this for my classes, and it does a pretty good job. I have had a few instances where I had to wiggle my microphone around to get it to recognize the mic from the computer, but I havent had that problem lately.