ok weird one my headphones crackle and pop during YouTube videos. Its not constant, more like random little bursts every few seconds. The driver page shows this warning:

USB Audio Device Properties
Device status:
This device cannot start. (Code 10)
{Operation Failed}
The requested operation was unsuccessful.
ive tried a different cable. my phone through the same headphones sounds perfect :D so something on teh PC is wrong. where do I start? ive tested with a different set of headphones too and its teh same story. so Im fairly sure the problem is on the computer side, not the audio hardware. what am i doing wrong??