I have this rather strange but incredibly annoying issue with headsets and my pc. I up until recent used a headset with anolog jacks and had no issues with it until it eventually failed on me. Fast forward to a month or two back I picked up the corsair HS30 usb headset and started to get a problem in which my sound cuts out constantly and can happen anywhere between every minute to every 10 minutes. Two strange things I noticed is that when I look the volume controller the green bar which shows how high the volume is freezes in place and sometimes when this happens sometimes videos on youtube and what not freeze for not reason. I assumed it was the headset so I got a refund on it and I decided to purchase the Corsair H1500 and sadly I still have this problem. I don't know if its anything of note but I recently moved to a windows 7 SSD as opposed to my original windows 8 HDD. I can't find any solutions to this problem and would very much appreciate any help. Sorry just to add I can temporarily fix the problem by disabling my speakers and then enabling them again but eventually the mic and headset will cut out.