I give up.  Restarted my computer again to test and the distortion is back on everything except 16/32.  There's no consistency to this.  Leaving it on 16/32.   Quote: Still distorted.

Quote: On Windows: Playback devices -> E17 -> Advanced -> Default format drop-down menu.  16/32 is the highest option.

OK, I think I found the problem but have no clue how to resolve it.   Strange as it sounds, the laptop coming out of sleep mode seems to be the problem.  Everything was working fine on 16/44.1 so I decided to reproduce the circumstances that caused my amp to freak out.  Put my computer in...

This is screwing with my head.  I downloaded Foobar and successfully played a handful of songs with no distortion on 16/44.1.  I go back to my browser and accidentally hit play on a Youtube video I had open.  The sound was no longer distorted.  The only settings changed during this process was...

Quote: I typo'd.  Default format was 16/44.1.  No other computer to test on.  Testing Foobar now.

Very odd.  After following the above steps to troubleshoot my E17, it worked fine for the rest of the night.  Before I went to bed, I turned my E17 off and put my laptop on sleep mode.     So I wake up today and do some internet browsing on my laptop.  After about an hour, I decide to listen...

Quote:   Damn, that's what I call tech support.  Thanks!

Quote: Windows.  Advanced menu when I click on the E17 in my list of devices.  USB.  No music player, just general sound (test audio from Advanced menu, Youtube, twitch.tv stream).

The only sound format when using my E17 as a DAC for my laptop is 16 bit/32000 Hz.  Is this normal?  In any other setting, then sound comes out crackling and heavily distorted.  16 bit/44100 Hz was the default setting so I had to turn it down.  Not sure what this even does (something about...