Quote Originally Posted by ssg3001
All seems a bit random, I have an X-Fi Fatality on an Asus P5W DH and before this I had an Audigy 2 ZS and have never had crackling problems. Also have quite a few friends that have the Fatality and other sound blaster cards and have never had issues.
Maybe they do have crackling issues, and just don't want to admit it after spending four-hundred dollars on a sound card!