After reading the responses since my āall clearā update two days ago Iām at a loss now as to why this problem seems to have cleared itself up for me. Nothing else has changed on my system other than the latest Windows updates and two Studio upgrades. Hopefully it wonāt resurface but after reading these replies I donāt have much confidence that it wonāt.
1 Like
Why is no one solving the problem?
3 Likes
I agree, its a very loud sound in between tracks and I have worries the possible damage it could cause to my equipment when wanting to listen to music at a high volume. I have been asking about this problem since 2020 
No one seems to take much notice
Have you tried uninstalling the ASIO drivers. I know itās counterintuitive, but some users have reported success. Itās worth a try.
1 Like
My ASIO drivers canāt be removed!
I didnāt find anything like that on my pc
Try from the device manager, select the device and see if you can uninstall the driver from there.
I donāt know which driver to look for. I donāt see anything like the ASIO driver anywhere. Not already applied in Windows 10?
I managed to solve the problem by deleting the Gustard DAC driver then I restarted the pc. When turned on, Audirvana Studio now sees a Windows 10 USB audio 2.0 driver through which Kernel Streaming goes perfectly without plots between tracks. I also increased the buffer to 2.6GB and no problems will occur. Iād better read your post because itās been bothering me for a long time. So thank you again.
I had this noise problem when changing tracks, I simply uninstalled the asio driver from the dac and since then no more noise with kernel
I had the same problem with noise between tracks using Kernel streaming and no such problems with ASIO or WASAPI.
What fixed this for me was enabling the Software Volume Control on AS which I had turned off previously. Have the Maximum Volume Limit set to 100% so it works as before but now no noise between tracks.
I am running Windows 11 PC USB to iFi NEO iDSD DAC.
For those who have problems with the click sound at the start of playback, it will be useful to try Audirvana Audio settings >DAC Input settings >āUniversal Gapless Playback Modeā option, if it is on, by switching it off.
Keeping this setting off solves my problem with the click sound. But this time I cannot play the albums without interruption.
In my DAC Input settings (AS 2.4.0 W11) there is no Universal Gapless Playback Mode option.
Is this referring to UPNP connection of DAC only? My DAC is connected directly via USB.
Was wondering if this setting would change anything to the behaviour of pausing the track in DSD mode kernel streamingā¦
Hello. I just want to add, I have loud crackling/popping only during certain part of a song (a Local File (rip from CD using Jriver). This problem donāt happen during streaming / when I pIay the same file on JRiver.
I did re-rip (with J River (slow ripping, then dbPoweramp) but the problem persist.
I tried everything re-install, re-scan Library Replay Gain, use Wasapi/Asio/KS, upsampling on-off, on-off my VST (Tokyo Dawn Labs VST plug in) to no benefit regarding the problem. The only thing that I did not try was changing USB Cable.
Then what SOLVED MY PROBLEM was I ACTIVATE the Volume Control (slide it down to -3dB).
Hope this helps.
Additional Info:
My sistem is Windows 10 PC (32GB RAM, 11th Gen Intel i7. Connected via USB Cable to Topping DAC90SE-Naim Nait XS2-Passive speaker. Audirvana set to Exclusive (PC Volume Slider Turned off during Audirvana session)
Thank you for your suggestions and reply. I have this problem mostly with Qobuz streaming.
I accept that the problem disappears in USB connection, but I prefer UPNP. This problem is only experienced in UPNP.
Wouldnāt hurt to try to activate and lower the volume control in that case as well. If it helps, it helps. If it doesnāt at least you tried.
I seem to recall that your Chord Qutest needs a special driver from Chord to work with windowsā¦ Its been a while since Iāve played with my Qutest on my windoz system so I am not sure if this is still the caseā¦ Although I did see a windoz driver is still available on the Chord web siteā¦