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On my computer, which uses a Tyan-brand motherboard with an AMI BIOS, the PCI latency timer can be set as low as 32 clock cycles. However, not all BIOSes have this setting exposed as a feature.

The PCI latency timer setting in BIOS is too high.

There are two basic reasons why USB audio can behave like this. This problem can even appear in Windows Vista, where there are many kernel-level enhancements to ensure quality of service for timing-criticial applications such as audio.

Since then, USB audio has become less of a specialty item I now see USB-audio dongles that let you send a bitstream from a notebook's USB port to an outboard amplifier, among other things.īut one problem consistently reported with USB audio is sputtering or glitching-audio playback riddled with clicks and pops that are signs of the bitstream being interrupted.