Sharing in case others run into this. When I updated the firmware for the USB MCU, I began to experiences cracking and popping that could almost be mistaken for clipping. The artifacts were present at all bitrates, software and file types. The artifacts were not present when using USB inputs of...

TL;DR: Build a system from scratch for a soft limit of $4k US. Here's the deal. I've been working remotely for over a year and, if the decision is made to work remotely permanently, I want to upgrade my desktop setup. Currently, I am using Amazon Music HD as the source running the windows...