I bought a new sound card a few days ago due to my onboard audio's shitty quality and low volume getting on my nerves. I was initially very satisfied with the improvements, but for the past couple days I've noticed a lot of crackling where I never noticed it before on nearly every album, and was worried that there may have been other problems. Just now (five minutes ago) realized that the graphic equalizer settings were way too fucking high, and I usually don't even touch it. :facepalm: