Popping sound w/ usb dac

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cokewithvanilla

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I am setting up some speakers for my desk. I am testing them on my laptop, and I notice a popping noise when nothing is going on in the music (silence, or a track switch). It is irritating. I believe it to be caused by stuff running on the computer. I am considering setting up a minimalist linux box for playing music. I want to get the best sound quality, support WASPI. Also, i would like to use pandora ( when i am not playing flac stuff)

Any suggestions for a distro?

my setup:

Emotiva DC-1
Signal Audio Silver XLR
Emotiva Airmotiv 5s
 
Have you tried a port from a different USB controller? You might only have one USB controller since it's a Laptop, but if you have both USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports then that would usually indicate two controllers.
 
This is just a shot in the dark but I had a bit of static (though not popping) on my O2 DAC/AMP when I first got it. From the Massdrop thread, the fix was to set the output bit rate properly. Right click on the properties of your output device, go to advanced, and then try changing the Default Format.
 
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