Since I upgraded to windows 7 (from Vista, so it is understandable), the drivers for my onboard soundcard have gone from fully functioning, to unlistenably crackly. Apparently this a pretty common problem, and after a few months of bearing it and playing round with new drivers and the like I admitted defeat, and purchaced a cheap (but good) lindy USB audio interface.
This has all but eliminated the crackle (yay), but some clicky bits do still persist (boo), generally more audiable in silence. I've played around with the output settings (windows), all the way from CD quality to the highest 24/98 output, but they still persist.
Essentially, my question is two-fold
1- if you've solved this kind of issue, how did you
and
2- could this be solved by shelling out on a big meaty DAC, rather than my piddly (one assumes) but functional USB interface.
This has all but eliminated the crackle (yay), but some clicky bits do still persist (boo), generally more audiable in silence. I've played around with the output settings (windows), all the way from CD quality to the highest 24/98 output, but they still persist.
Essentially, my question is two-fold
1- if you've solved this kind of issue, how did you
and
2- could this be solved by shelling out on a big meaty DAC, rather than my piddly (one assumes) but functional USB interface.
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