Wow! Now I’ve more reason to up grade my Zotac i5 fan-less Mini PC to a more powerful ones. I was thinking of this:
Not sure it is up to its task to up sample to DSD256 or even DSD512 from Redbook?
The loud ‘pop loud’ seemed to happen when Holo Spring is used in Linux OS, I read from Computer Audiophile, but Windows with the Holo Spring driver shouldn’t have any loud pop, probably some low level clicks when switch tracks.