Crackles when using Musical Fidelity M1 in usb mode
Yes, but not from a related socket. The M1's usb plug is connected to one of three usb3 sockets on a pci-e card. There is an external hard drive plugged into the same card but it is not switched on. I tried plugging it into one of the front usb3 sockets (which have no other devices connected) and that didn't make any difference. What did help was buying a V-Link 192 and putting the usb signal into that and from there by AES to the M1. The crackles have pretty much disappeared. An expensive solution but I much prefer the sweeter top end that I now have to the rather abrasive one of the DacMagic+ I had before. However, the DM+ worked beautifully with no crackles in usb mode. I'm keeping fingers crossed that crackles and stutters are now behind me.
Are you using any other USB devices while you're getting the crackling?
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