Voice Over IP in UK - Re: voipcheap & soundcard setup

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Re: voipcheap & soundcard setup

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2005-11-29, 2:45 am

Thus spaketh Michael Klontzas:
> I thought I would give voipcheap.co.uk a try and to my surprise I
> realised that my soundcard, integrated with my motherboard, doesn't
> have a mic connector! After I changed my motherboard I didn't need a
> mic until now and it never occurred to me a manufacturer would cut
> corners by leaving this out! (there is a line-in connector though).
>
> So, I am thinking of getting a very cheap soundcard, complete with a
> mic connector, and get it to run in parallel with my existing
> soundcard. I would use that just for VoIP apps. As I understand it,
> I'll simply get more output device options in Windows (right?) but
> how likely is I'll get a conflict? Then a headset would probably be a
> good idea. Is there something I am missing here? What sort of sound
> quality should I expect if it works at all? Has anyone tried them
> already?
>
> TIA

Why not plug the mic into the line-in?