The pops and clicks are during the music and are present when playing back through SoundForge and on CD. It isn't too noticable on the CD's, but it's definitely there. Not sure what else to do -- I've tried several different things (reinstalling my card, wiping the connections with a clean cloth, changing the buffer, zapping them out one-by-one... nothing seems to work fully). Thanks for the info. Any info on a different soundcard is great.
It doesn't sound like you want more suggestions on your pc setup but I'll give you one anyways
And only because it's worked many times for many people...
the Graphics acceleration setting on windows - set it to minimal
Using it seems to create lots of bus traffic that can interfere with clean transfers.
Where you'll find it depends on which OS - it's usually under
My Computer, properties, advanced, performance options I think.