Bazzite audio crackling

Hello, brand new to this forum and a recent bazzite user (LOVING IT). I am hitting my first real issue and wondering if there’s any known bugs/issues around it - my audio keeps crackling. This happens generally when there’s a bigger variation in volume, happens with both speakers and headset, in and out of games (most noticeable when listening to people talking on discord but not confined to that at all). I can consistently reproduce it with the “ding” when changing system volume as well. I can and will provide more specific information, but wanted to field the question more generally first to see if anyone could point me in a good direction.

Operating System: Bazzite 40
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.7.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2
Kernel Version: 6.9.12-210.fsync.fc40.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 32 × AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core Processor
Memory: 62.7 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Manufacturer: ASUS (custom build by me)

Speakers - Creative Stage v2 pro (USB)
Headset - Astro A50 (USB)

I have not messed too much with the audio subsystem (pretty novice to linux comparatively to many here I’m sure), just tried selecting different audio profiles (Analog, Digital Stereo, Pro) with differences in quality but no fix to this crackling issue. Any assistance is greatly appreciated, please let me know if I can provide additional information to help troubleshoot. Thank you!

Just occurred to me I could provide the information from “Info Center” for my audio devices, if helpful.

I got this issue too!

I’m curious if it has to do with pipewire? I’m not well versed on it though.