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Crackling Sound In Foobar

I've been using foobar for more than a year and never had any problems with it. But a few weeks ago, I noticed some crackles when playing mp3 files in foobar. It is not very loud and it occurs at irregular intervals, so maybe I just haven't noticed it before. But now that I have noticed it, it gets more annoying every day (more annoying, not louder or more intense or more frequent). First I thought  it was a problem of my hifi cables, since the crackles sound a little bit like the noise that occurs, when plugging in an audio connector (but not as loud). But I checked all the cable connections  with no effect on that crackling noises.
When I tried playing an mp3 file in ZoomPlayer (a movie player that uses ffdshow audio decoder to play mp3 files), the annoying crackles were completely gone.  I compared the sound from foobar with the sound from zoomplayer several times with several mp3 files, and the crackles are only noticeable in foobar.
I really like foobar and I want to continue using it, but I have no idea where to start looking for the cause of the problem.
I would really appreciate any comments or recommendations on what I can do about this problem.

Thank you very much.

Crackling Sound In Foobar

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Just to be sure, is this crackling specific to MP3 files or does it also happen with Musepack, Vorbis, or any other format?

Crackling Sound In Foobar

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Just to be sure, is this crackling specific to MP3 files or does it also happen with Musepack, Vorbis, or any other format?
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Not sure yet. First glimpse: seems to be gone in mpc, ogg and ape (if not completely gone then at least less annoying) 
Usually I don't use other formats than mp3 for hardware compatibility reasons, but I will  check wav, mpc, ogg and ape and will report as soon as possible.