I'm experiencing audio stuttering with my USB DAC (E1DA PowerDAC V2.1). The stuttering though only happens on very quiet parts of the recordings, and as I recently discovered, only when the waveform looks off centered in audacity (like explained here: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/dc_offset.html). It also turns out that youtube auto-generated tracks of the same recording that stutters when played from a flac rip don't stutter on youtube, and when I viewed the youtube audio on Audacity the waveform doesn't appear to be off-centered like the stuttering file.
Also, the stuttering is much reduced when I play music in exclusive mode in Foobar, though it doesn't go away completely. I have another USB DAC which doesn't have this issue, so I suspect it's not the fault of my pc hardware (I'm using Windows 10). I also tried different cables and different USB ports on my pc to no avail. Would appreciate any advice.
Also, the stuttering is much reduced when I play music in exclusive mode in Foobar, though it doesn't go away completely. I have another USB DAC which doesn't have this issue, so I suspect it's not the fault of my pc hardware (I'm using Windows 10). I also tried different cables and different USB ports on my pc to no avail. Would appreciate any advice.