Kryosphinx
New Head-Fier
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- Mar 1, 2007
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So here's my problem: My USB ports have this funky crackling and popping noise whenever I scroll down. It happens mainly on websites, ebay especially, but it also happens with foobar when i scroll down the list of songs.
Whenever the screen refreshes, the sound goes cracklypoppy, but only if i'm playing sound already.
It's driving me INSANE!!!! I can't surf without listening to cracklypoppies in my music. ARGHHHH!!!!
I've seen it mentioned only a couple times years ago on other forums, but nobody seems to have an answer.
My setup: Laptop (Foobar/mediamonkey) --> $10 USB soundcard (could this be the problem?) --> Sansui receiver --> Polk RT25 / DT770
I've tried to set up ASIO on foobar and mediamonkey, but it doesn't recognize any speakers attached to the comp, so ASIO output is silent.
've moved the USB sound card far from the comp, also no effect.
I've moved the comp far away from the rest of the setup, but that also failed.
The headphone jack has no noise, but is a POS.
I've also tried changing the impedance between the sound card and the receiver, but that didn't work.
I also plugged in my microshar headphone amp between the sound card and receiver, and then messing with the volume of the comp, adjusting the amp accordingly. That also failed.
Anyone got any ideas? Would a DAC fix things?
What's the cheapest decent DAC i could get? USB DAC cable? Alien DAC kit? --(Are these even available anymore?)
Thanks!
Whenever the screen refreshes, the sound goes cracklypoppy, but only if i'm playing sound already.
It's driving me INSANE!!!! I can't surf without listening to cracklypoppies in my music. ARGHHHH!!!!
I've seen it mentioned only a couple times years ago on other forums, but nobody seems to have an answer.
My setup: Laptop (Foobar/mediamonkey) --> $10 USB soundcard (could this be the problem?) --> Sansui receiver --> Polk RT25 / DT770
I've tried to set up ASIO on foobar and mediamonkey, but it doesn't recognize any speakers attached to the comp, so ASIO output is silent.
've moved the USB sound card far from the comp, also no effect.
I've moved the comp far away from the rest of the setup, but that also failed.
The headphone jack has no noise, but is a POS.
I've also tried changing the impedance between the sound card and the receiver, but that didn't work.
I also plugged in my microshar headphone amp between the sound card and receiver, and then messing with the volume of the comp, adjusting the amp accordingly. That also failed.
Anyone got any ideas? Would a DAC fix things?
What's the cheapest decent DAC i could get? USB DAC cable? Alien DAC kit? --(Are these even available anymore?)
Thanks!