It has nothing to to with USB connectors, Windows10 or drivers. Most Asus Xonar U7 sound cards are faulty from the get go. There is a bad chip, or bad soldering process involved. What you are experiencing (and me too btw) is the "blue blinking led of death". When you start to get those, you know...

Well, the HD detail isn't there of course, because I can't get it higher than 48kHz. I can hear the difference when I listen to HD stuff (when compared with Fiio Q1 at 96kHz/24bit). The RCA output is also too weak for Hi-Fi grade amps. They are usually tweaked to 2 Vrms inputs, and I believe...

Out of all the problems that i had with this device (usb connection, blinking blue led), and most of all worse support ever, I still like the sound that this thing puts out. When it does. However, I now have a completely new problem. Up until now I had it hooked up to Logitech 5.1 system, and I...