Questions about Manhattan Hi-Speed USB 3D Sound Adapter

It runs perfectly on an Intel NUC Mini-PC with Win 8.1 - X64. mfg

Yes, it runs under trusty and should therefore also run vivid. It is recognised by pulse audio and can be selected there. But it's a low-cost dongle, so you shouldn't expect too much from it. [221518.878763] usb 2-1: new full-speed USB device number 4 using uhci_hcd [221519.021015] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=1130, idProduct=f211 [221519.021029] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 [221519.021033] usb 2-1: Product: USB AUDIO [221519.274120] usbmixer: volume control quirk for Tenx TP6911 Audio Headset [221519.274127] usbmixer: volume control quirk for Tenx TP6911 Audio Headset [221519.278406] input: USB AUDIO as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.3/input/input9 [221519.278653] hid-generic 0003:1130:F211.0005: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Device [USB AUDIO ] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input3 [221519.286293] input: USB AUDIO as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.4/input/input10 [221519.286572] hid-generic 0003:1130:F211.0006: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Device [USB AUDIO ] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input4