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I bought a new PC at Costco several months ago and am having similar issues-intermittent crackling, no matter the source whether it be local files or streamed from Audirvana or directly from the Qobuz app. It's intermittent but tends to occur when moving the mouse or doing other things like typing or opening and closing windows. I bought this new PC as my previous one was getting long in the tooth and I wanted 4K video but it's been disappointing from an audio standpoint.
New mobo installed, and it's fixed!
If you look at the photo below, the transistor is clearly chipped. I believe this has been the source of my problems.
Still getting 2000 in latmon, but I'm going to do a fresh wipe and see where that gets me. I can't hear any stuttering or lag so I'm fine at this point.
You definitely want a quality audio interface or sound card (I think it’s two words for the same thing?) in my opinion.
I’m not an audiophile but I did stay at a Holliday in express last night. Also I used to mess with ableton live on macs and pc’s with low end krk 8” studio monitors /midi devices etc…
This sort of thing seems semi-common in AM4 systems when going for 3600 MHz RAM clocks or overdoing the RAM timings (using 4 modules instead of 2 is in no way helping either, as it increases memory controller loading). The "hiccups" are basically due to retransmissions. A deep dive into the relations of memory and IF clocks as well as SOC and other voltages may clear things up, but for now I suggest you try re-enabling XMP but going for 3200 or 3000 MHz manually.
This sort of thing seems semi-common in AM4 systems when going for 3600 MHz RAM clocks or overdoing the RAM timings (using 4 modules instead of 2 is in no way helping either, as it increases memory controller loading). The "hiccups" are basically due to retransmissions. A deep dive into the relations of memory and IF clocks as well as SOC and other voltages may clear things up, but for now I suggest you try re-enabling XMP but going for 3200 or 3000 MHz manually.
I'm brand new around here but I've been reading for a while. Anyway, I'm dealing with an extremely similar issue. Audio stutters and pops on a USB interface, connected to a motherboard with DDR4 RAM... and I've tried dozens and dozens of the ordinary fixes for this sort of thing. Hardly anything makes a difference. But then, I upgraded my GPU and after that there's a noticable decrease in the stuttering.
This is odd since it seems unrelated but: What GPU do you have? You said it's a Asus x570 ROG CROSSHAIR VIII IMPACT, right? Are you able to test with a different GPU? Doing that helped in my case for some reason.
and I've tried dozens and dozens of the ordinary fixes for this sort of thing. Hardly anything makes a difference. But then, I upgraded my GPU and after that there's a noticable decrease in the stuttering.
Hi. I’m a complete amateur in all matters PC or audio, but I think my experience is relevant here.
About a year ago my son experienced the same problem and it was driving him, than me, mad - we couldn’t figure out what it was.
And then we did find out: it was the surge protector. When the PC is plugged directly to the wall - no issue. When with the surge protector - terrible squelching. I don’t have specs of either PC nor surge protector with me, but maybe this will be helpful to someone.
And then we did find out: it was the surge protector. When the PC is plugged directly to the wall - no issue. When with the surge protector - terrible squelching. I don’t have specs of either PC nor surge protector with me, but maybe this will be helpful to someone.
Sorry I thought that’s the word I saw somewhere. Anyway, the problem we experienced was a high-pitch buzzing, not coming from the surge protector but on the pc audio itself (headphones or speakers).
