BmacTN,   You should read this thread:   http://www.head-fi.org/t/593826/hrt-headstreamer-wasapi-woes-in-foobar    

In my opinion MusicBee is one of the best alternatives to foobar.   http://www.getmusicbee.com/

Quote: I´m using the default settings.    

I´m also using the latest foobar... v1.1.11   Don´t know if it has some influence.   Nevertheless, I believe you may have to consider other media players and forget foobar.   What is the asio driver you are using ?   I am using asio4all 2.10  + foobar (v1.1.11) + foobar asio...

  http://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_out_asio    

Quote: Yes, it makes sense.   In the last days I´ve been testing the new foobar asio plugin (released 4-2-2012) and until now playback is stable, even with the standard buffer (1000 ms).                      

Quote: Agree.   But if you google for foobar issues (pops and crackles) with some USB DACs, you will notice that HRT is not alone...   It´s not common, but HRT is not the only one.   foobar is great, but not perfect      

Quote: You should place a thread in MusicBee forum, explaining what errors are ocurring. (www.getmusicbee.com/forum)   Steve Mayall (creator) is very helpful and may even change the software do adress your problem. (he has done that in the past)        

Quote: There was a thread in foobar forum asking for the possibility of a lower than 50 ms buffer...   The request intended to adress some USB DACs issues, but foobar team said the problem was in the wasapi plugin, not in the software itself. Unless someone rewrites the plugin...

Quote: Yes. It works very well.   With MusicBee everything is perfect.   What is not working well in your setup ?   Have you tried Asio ? or a buffer change ?   Maybe you should try also the .net4 version (http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=4960.msg31508#new)...

I have a Music Streamer II and same problems with foobar...   Changed to MusicBee (www.getmusicbee.com) and everything is fine now. In fact foobar is the only software (wasapi/asio output) that doesn´t work with my HRT.   For what I´ve been reading on the web, this is a very common...