Here is a representation of the signal dropouts using a traffic monitoring tool while listening to an Internet radio station:
1: With latest driver 16.1.5 ( displays 15.10.3.2 in device manager)
You can easily see the signal drops that result in interrupted audio.
2: With Microsoft driver 14.8.8.75
Here i have a constant flow without interruption.
Intel, hope it helps to resolve this driver problem.