Audio clipping and crackling at low volumes with audiobox 96 interface

[neville61]

Hi everyone, ever since I had a Mac I’ve always had some problems with the audio output. For my set up I have Yamaha Hs5s connected to my audiobox usb 96 interface which is then routed from a usb b 2.0 to a usb a 2.0 which also powers the unit. Then because the MacBook Pro only has thunderbolt3/usb c. I bought a converter for usb to thunderbolt to use my setup and it has a cracking and clipping noise on most songs. I was thinking of getting a cable to connect my interface directly to my thunderbolt port but I read some users online still had issues regarding different audio issues. It could be my interface but I see some users saying it could be Big Sur. Any help is appreciated for what solutions there are.