no, I meant clicking noises through the headphone - not when putting my ear against the laptop. All noises I am talking about are the noises coming through the headphone out of the laptop.
From my experience I find the sound quality better than my onboard soundcard.
But I cant say whether it performs as good as an entry level cd player asI have never heard one.
From the above review posted it seems like the SYstem is using a very good dac used in many high end audio equipment.
Hope this helps..
But its cost is as cheap as a entry level DVD player so its definitely value for money for sure.