It sounds like this might be noise on the motherboard itself. Especially if you are hearing crackling when no sound is playing.
I don't think there's much we can do about this in software, although the kernel guys sometimes have some tricks they can do to make sound chips less noisy... I personally recommend using a USB audio DAC or "USB sound card" to avoid such problems with motherboard noise. It is a very common hardware problem. You will also get higher quality sound from a USB DAC. I am also moving this bug to the kernel, just in case there's anything that can be done to reduce the problem there. ** Summary changed: - [All Series, Realtek ALC1150] Crackling sound + [ASUS Z87I-DELUXE, Realtek ALC1150] Crackling sound ** Package changed: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1827912 Title: [ASUS Z87I-DELUXE, Realtek ALC1150] Crackling sound To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1827912/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
