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Audio crackling while playback
Hit CTRL + SHIFT + ,(comma), select and play around with (Win7), (Win10), to see what give the best result.
Hit CTRL + SHIFT + ,(comma), select Playback -> audio backend and play around with WinMM (Win7), Wasapi (Win10), DirectSound to see what give the best result.