dadiOH wrote on 6/28/2015 4:16 PM:
Big_Al wrote:
I know the only input I have is a mono microphone jack. And all the
searching I've done for stereo audio "input" does not seem to grab
the concept of input in the search and I find lots of USB audio
dongles that have stereo outputs and one mono jack input. As I see
it they would be used if my current audio hardware broke and USB
still functioned.
Does anyone know of a way to get stereo input on a laptop or does a
laptop actually have stereo in circuitry if I got the data in?

What exactly do you want to do?

If you get stereo data in (in the form of a file), you'll get stereo when
you play it. Of course, the file has to have been recorded in stereo.

Just for jollys, I tried recording (using Windows Sound Recorder) on my Acer
laptop. There is no choice of bit rate or file type when saving, everything
gets saved as 96 bit wma. Seems too high for mono, chintzy for stereo..



I'm looking to digitize some cassette tapes and maybe a few reels. So I need stereo line in and only have mono mic in.
I'm almost sure that there is an impedance issue between line and mic. Either way I need stereo. And on an
earlier post I noted an item that should do the job. I need to do some testing, got it from a friend.