https://www.head-fi.org/threads/gustard-u16-the-first-usb-interface-featuring-ess-usb-chip.888947/page-98#post-15459737 check out my post. i fixed popping by messing with buffer on hqplayer and cpu voltages in the bios

For everyone experiencing pops, you have to mess with your bios settings and your cpu voltages and if you are using HQPlayer, mess with buffer settings. For me there there were more pops as the ms increased. 5ms got me no pops. DPLL on the LKS effects a specific kind of static. I have a 1950x...