I run a whole lot of USB devices into a 7 way powered port, the HDD that has the music is plugged into the very same (when I listen to music that is new from the laptop). That is before it gets transfered to the HDD that is connected via eSATA to the Oppo BD95 player.
When I plugged the MF V-link into the very same 7 port device I wasn't impressed, in fact I was underwhelmed, but having moved it to one of the spare laptop USB ports it is vastly better :D
I use Winamp to play the files.
I have no idea what is going on here, but the difference is more than surprising :scratch: