Is this device [Shure X2u XLR-to-USB] suitable for me?

I have a Samson's Q4 XLR mike and hope to record my songs while hearing the music tracks. I have the need for an preamp which can also connect the XLR to the powered USB port on my Mac. In this context I have found this: Shure X2u XLR-to-USB.
Upon reading the reviews, I found one post which states that you cannot hear the music track when you are recording. I am giving the review I have read:
"By Zeph-5qDec
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Comments about Shure X2u XLR-to-USB Microphone Adapter:
... it seems to only allow 'monitoring' through headphones. Just plugging it into your computer and microphone will record fine but you can't hear the sound while you're recording. That's why it only gets 4 stars instead of 5."
I would like members who happen to be Shure X2u XLR-to-USB users, to let me know whether this review given on 9/26/2010 still holds good;
If this device, even as of now, has this 'deficiency' then it would not be meeting this need of mine: I just have to hear the music track playing when I sing.
Is there any other device in the market which will be able to meet this particular need of mine?

Thanks for this response over which you have evidently spent a lot of your time.
I feel that for a gadget priced at that range, one should be able to hear the audio playback while recording. I guess that the review was given without full assurance since it contains this shadow of doubt: ' it seems to only allow 'monitoring' through headphones'.
My guess is this: if there is a single knob for allowing the audio and mike signals for the blending, and the person had turned the knob fully for receiving only the mike input, then she would have come to the wrong conclusion that the device does not support such mixing.
Alternately, perhaps one has to also tweak the setting under sound on the Mac itself ...another angle of thought of mine.
Before I go for the buy, I wish some existing users will contribute to this post so that I need not regret any purchase which does not meet my need.

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