USB Audio Adapter for Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi has an on-board audio jack which is super handy for all kinds of sound effects and speech - just plug and go! However, for when you want better audio for music playback a USB audio card can greatly improve the sound quality and volume. That's because the on-board audio is generated by a PWM output and is minimally filtered. Don't get us wrong, it's a great thing to have audio on board but this USB audio card will give you an even more enjoyable listening experience.

We like this particular dongle for not being too bulky, you can plug it in without blocking the secondary USB port. It also works great with a Raspberry Pi once the firmware has been updated on the SD card. We've tested it successfully with Raspbian and as Raspbmc is based on Raspbian it should work there too. As there are Linux drivers for it, it should work with most Linux distributions, however unfortunately we don't have tutorials for any other OSs. We also do not recommend this audio adapter if you need Mic input.

This device also works great with Windows machines and should also function for Macs, but we are carrying it specifically for use with the Raspberry Pi.