Turns out a lot of AMD based systems have glitches in their USB controller. After messing with settings for a month, I just added in a PCIe USB Renasas (NEC) card. Glitches are GONE. Nice.

Before I begin, Bigshot: I know you don't think in-ears can produce a sound stage as in played by speakers. I understand the difference. I am speaking of the psychoacoustic fakery IEMs can produce that simulate listening to speakers. Not the real thing but an approximation that the brain...

I ran across this: https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=159192.0 Which is actually Rtings.com's scheme to measure heapdhone stage. Obviously this is intended to apply to big over the head headphones. Still, I applied this theory to IEMs I've listened to and have graphs available and...

https://powerampapp.com/ I recommend trying the Beta channel: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.maxmpz.audioplayer I looked a bit and never saw a thread dedicated to PowerAmp on android. IMO the best portable audio software for a phone and why it might deserve a thread for itself...