Any USB-C Thunderbolt 3 Windows 10 success stories?

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Any USB-C Thunderbolt 3 Windows 10 success stories?

Question #1: do you have any success stories of Windows-10 USB-C laptops, especially thunderbolt 3 ports?

Details: For the past couple of months I’ve failed to find a stable combination of a USB-C windows 10 laptop for DJing.
I tested multiple brands of windows laptops, DJ controllers, USB-A adaptors, Ports, Cables, Hubs.

Issues include:

  • Cracking noises during regular playing
  • Cracking noises while touching other (unrelated) channels
  • Complete resets during playing. Music stops for 5 seconds and then restarts automatically
  • Plugging / unplugging other USB devices stops sound until a software manual restart (sometimes even hardware)
  • same issue as above, but only for MIDI commands (ie, sound continues but controller doesn’t respond)

Question #2: Same question, but for the latest USB-C TB3 macbook Pro?
thanks…

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Following, as i’ve just ordered a Dell XPS-13 which is USB-C only.

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For the record, this are the equipment list under discussion:

  • DDJ-1000, DDJ-SZ, Akai AMX
  • HP spectre 13-v103np (2x USB-C TB3 + 1x USB-C 3.1 gen2)
  • Lenovo X1 carbon 5th generation (2x USB-C TB3 + 2x USB-A USB 3.0)

In short the controllers work fine in native USB-A ports. This is the case even for the 2x USB 3.0 ports of the X1 carbon, which I confirmed are in a differnt USB controller than the TB3 ports.
For all USB-C ports I had problems left and right. USB-C TB3 ports is even worse.