On 2026-02-13 08:39:35, Peter via Dng wrote:
> In the 1990s a user was fortunate to have one Soundblaster card in a
> favourite computer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Blaster
> In that context, mixing two and possibly more audio streams into one
> output was reasonable.
>
> It was more than three decades back. USB was hardly more than a
> twinkle in eyes. Now a USB-audio adapter can be purchased for a few
> dollars. Old adapters are discarded beside old toothbrushes.

A few dollars? A few years ago one came for free with my headphones. I
currently own two USB audio adapters like that.