[yawg]

Hi,
 
My problem may have been addressed already but anyway, here it is: Soundwise I'm very satisfied with my portable audio gear, an older Win7 Samsung netbook playing my FLAC and AIFF files using Foobar 2000 via my refurbished FiiO E7 amp/DAC, using the DAC in the E7 and my fantastic BossHifi B8 Denon-lookalike HP I found on AliExpress.
 
But even when I close my other programs like browser etc. the playback is still not seamless, every 10 or 20 seconds the audio is broken by a little click or a very short pause, very annoying. When I play my music with the same configuration from my old Nokia phone the music is seamless with the same sound quality. But I have only 32 GB for it so it's no good option to transfer all my audio files to the Nokia's SD card. And I can't use an USB thumb drive because I need the USB out on the phone for the E7.
 
What would be the solution to my problem? Could I use Asio drivers on the netbook? Nobody out there with a similar problem?
 
Thanks a lot for any suggestions,
 
Merry christmas from the Philippines.

 

[obobskivich]

If the CPU is throttling this can sometimes cause interruptions in audio playback. It isn't a feature you likely want to disable on a netbook though, as it may be needed for thermal control. Good news: this is not a "Windows 7" issue though - I've only ever experienced this on mobile/embedded/etc devices that throttle heavily, but on desktops or DTRs I've never known this to happen.