Audio engine stopping while adjusting PC EQ

I mentioned this a while back about X1 and no one seemed to have experienced it but me.  But it's also happening in X2.

While the PC is opened and the project is playing...I try to adjust the EQ and the audio engine stops.  It's like you hit the pause button.  I can hit the space bar and it starts playing again.  But start turning knobs on the EQ and it stops again.

It's not a huge problem...but it's kinda annoying when your trying to tweak a sound with the EQ during playback and you keep having to start the playback every time you turn a knob.

Any one else see this happening but me?

Most everything else AFAIK is working properly....the n key toggles snap just fine, etc.  It's just this pesky EQ thing that's yankin' my chain... :) .