[ls13coco]

So, I had this issue about a month back where primarily while browsing the internet my audio would crackle.

I did some searching, ended up finding a bios tweak that fixed the problem.

Now, it's started up again and seems to happen while browsing the internet, or minimally while playing a game.

Using the Creative X7 sound blaster with all 4 upgraded op-amps (problem was first fixed with bios tweak before op-amp change, changed them about 2 weeks ago) and Fidelio X2, Akg K712, HifiMan HE400i, Klipsch Rp160M speakers and jvc thg300 receiver.

PC: win 10, i5-4690k 4.2ghz, MSI gtx 970, 16gb ram.

With music I'll use foobar with wasapi event yet the problem is present in spotify, streaming movies/shows and playing games.

Thanks for any feedback.

 

[FumblingFoo]

I've been getting the same issue myself with either SPDIF or Violectric USB out at 2ch 24bit 96khz on pandora. Its most noticeable using the online tone generator @ http://onlinetonegenerator.com/

 

[ls13coco]

I've been getting the same issue myself with either SPDIF or Violectric USB out at 2ch 24bit 96khz on pandora. Its most noticeable using the online tone generator @ http://onlinetonegenerator.com/

I'll check that out when I get home.

I ran some latency tests and it seems kernel is the main culprit.. not sure what I can do about that!! Also cpu 0 has some latency cause

 

[ls13coco]

 

[theveterans]

That program is inaccurate IMO. I play Spotify while downloading videos and browsing frantically all at the same time and yet I get ZERO crackling. Also, latencymon shows my system has trouble with audio playback yet, my lowly 1.9 GHz i5 dual core CPU only exerts 10% CPU usage.

 

[FumblingFoo]

My problem could stem from the fact that I use a virtual machine. I only get crackling when playing audio from the VM.