Audigy 2 ZS + Vista = Crackl

I'm running an Audigy 2 ZS with Windows Vista (32-bit) and the latest drivers on a ASUS P4P800 Delxue. I bought a new set of speakers thinking the crackling was coming from there. I was saddened to find out that this was not the case. I still have a constant crackling noise that is driving me nuts! Audio is essentially **useless** because of it. It has been going on for quite some time now, probably starting with the Windows Vista upgrade earlier this year.
I have tried:
* All of the values in the PCI latency settings
* Resetting the BIOS settings to the default
* Moving the card around in different PCI slots
* Removing the Hauppauge WinTV card
* Taking the second hard dri've off the bus
Nothing has given me any sense of progress. My IRQs are as follows:
* IRQ0 - Intel 8280EB SMbus Controller - 24D3
* IRQ6 - Intel 8280EB USB Uni'versal Host Controller - 24D2
* IRQ6 - Intel 8280EB USB Uni'versal Host Controller - 24DE
* IRQ6 - ATI Radeon 9800 PRO
* IRQ8 - Intel 8280EB - Ultra ATA Storage Controllers
* IRQ8 - Intel 8280EB USB Uni'versal Host Controller - 24D7
* IRQ8 - Intel 8280EB USB Uni'versal Host Controller - 24D4
* IRQ2 - Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM)
* IRQ22 - 3Com Gigabit LOM (3C940)
* IRQ22 - Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II (Encoder/Decoder)
* IRQ22 - OHCI Compliant IEEE 394 Host Controller
* IRQ23 - Intel 8280EB USB Uni'versal Host Controller - 24DD
There are two hard dri'ves in the system, a 20GB Seagate, and 500GB
* ASUS P4P800 Deluxe (BIOS rev 09)
* Creative Audigy 2 ZS + I/O Dri've Connectivity
* Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
* LG GCC-4480B DVD-ROM / CD-RW
* Seagate 20GB ST300026AS SATA Hard Dri've
* Western Digital 500GB WS5000AAKS SATA Hard Dri've
Does anyone have thoughts on what next? I see there is a 84+ page thread on X-Fi crackling issues, so I'm not likely to run out and switch up the video cards to see the problem continue further.

I can't help unfortunately, but I have a crackling problem myself with Vista 32 bit edition. I have a Sound Blaster Audigy SE running on a Gigabyte P35-DS3P motherboard. ALL the time during any audio playback, there is persitent crackle/skipping. Sometimes I'll go 0-5 seconds without it, but it pops back up randomly. My speakers are fine, when I was using onboard sound there were no crackle issues at all. Anyone have any idea what could be causing this? I'm going to return the card if I cant fix it soon, I was hoping it would be an upgrade from the onboard sound I have, but it is worse ATM due to this crackling. BTW, there are no other devices on the PCI bus other than my video card.

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