I didn't. I'm using the stock Debian kernel. But in the kernel's defense, on a much worse computer in terms of specs, a different USB mic had no pops with an o

I didn't. I'm using the stock Debian kernel. But in the kernel's defense, on a much worse computer in terms of specs, a different USB mic had no pops with an older kernel (whatever ships with xubuntu 16.04). I also wasn't getting any xruns (according to Jack) at 512/2 which gave something like 45ms of latency which isn't too low (but is totally fine for talking into a mic, as opposed to drums, etc.).