So I bought this piece of junk around 8 yrs ago on sale at half price. ASUS ME400C tablet...


https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...ntel_atom.html

Rarely used it and the only thing I use it for now is for late night streaming network sports radio talk shows that I can't get on my clock radio. Problem is the audio is always distorted. I've tried many things to sort it out but I think it's just garbage... reinstalling/updating/rolling back drivers (it's running win 10 earlier version (1607) because later win 10 versions are incompatible with its Atom processor), adjusting audio output levels, using different powered speakers, different browsers.. it's always just REALLY annoying to listen to 5-10% distortion all the time.

Maybe should have left Win 8 on it but when I was asked to upgrade to Win10 years ago I just went ahead. Too late to go back now since the partition with Win 8 backup on it was deleted many years ago.

So unless anyone has an idea what to try to fix it, it's time to buy a new, basic, inexpensive tablet to replace it. Budget is around $100. Seems that only Android based tablets are available in that range but whatevs.

There are many available on Amazon etc but I have no idea which ones would be decent and reliable... audio reliability being top of the list since I doubt I'd ever really need it for HD graphics I just want a 21st century streaming radio. Here are two of many that I've looked at and bookmarked..

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B08...FHPROWE4&psc=1

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B09...OK4S4L15&psc=1

I can't imagine that getting one of these to just listen to audio streams/podcasts would be that demanding performance-wise.

Any other suggestions?