Thanks for the link Tore. I had some issues this afternoon using a different PC with different USB3 board and got blue screens as well and no way to get the NOS1 running.
The updates drivers work just fine and have solved some other issues as well!
I am listening ATTENDED to a various list as described before and heard 2 very loud ticks (making the subs shaking my roof on these pulses!) and after that the ticks start to do their magic...
The two loud ticks are not the same as the "blobs" described elswhere making woofers move their diaphragm.
This was a volume change of at least 9dB and that seems to be a jump too big?
After the 3rd (sometimes the 2nd) I hear a tick each 10 seconds (or so).
Without volume normalisation there is no problem (playing a whole CD neither). The problem comes with changing the Volume by XX itself to normalise in between tracks "in need for" the adjustment.
You've heard these ticks once on the X-fi, it is still unchanged for me.
Nothing like that but perhaps related ... ? XX does not come back after playing a playlist unattended. The screen remains dark and I have to Alt-X to get all activated again (incl. Windows).