USB 2.0 external sound card (working on MacOSX)

[Edoardo_P]

Hi everybody,

I'd like to buy an USB 2.0 external sound card

It's not a multichannel-sorround, It would be just a 2-channel-stereo sound card that converts the USB signal in others digital audio signals (electric and/or optical) so that someone can connect their Hi-Fi or DVDplayer to their computers.

So... In particular, it would be a digital USB-to-SPDIF 24bit/96KHz and USB-to-AESEBU interface.

I can tell you that similar USB 1.1 (16bit/48KHz) devices work all with Linux also.

I'm not that sure about USB 2.0 interfaces.
I know that ALSA drivers go up to 24bit/96KHz and that for sure someof these devices work with Linux also, but I can't tell anything about many others.

Now... These interfaces work with MacOSX, no-driver-required.

QUESTION: is it true that every audio interface that works on MacOSX without requiring any additional driver, will work also on Linux for sure?
I was told so once, by a friend of mine.

Can anyone here confirm this?

Thank you very much.

[Edoardo_P]

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