Windows 10: Entire computer's audio breaks when I use applications, until I change sample rate

So I begrudgingly updated to windows 10 from 7 a few days ago, and I'm really wishing I hadn't.

My audio setup is an Audiobox usb that I run my mic and speakers into, which is connected to my pc. Worked with no problem on windows 7, but maybe that's of some significance.

For whatever reason, whenever I open applications and use them, the audio across the whole computer crackles extremely loud and then just breaks. Sometimes it takes a couple minutes, sometimes its instant. I am no longer able to watch any kind of video on my computer because it is a ticking time bomb. It doesn't work again until I change the sample rate of my input and output and restart the applications. Windows troubleshooter doesn't even recognize there being a problem. The variety of ways the audio has broken is legitimately bizarre to me as I've give friends and family tech support for years and seen some pretty weird shit. The ways its been broken include, but are not limited to:

Opening firefox, opening chrome, playing a match of league, watching Netflix, watching Youtube, opening Minecraft, challenging my friend to a match in Runeterra, running Deluge.

What the fuck is that? How do I even go about diagnosing that when the problem is so widespread? All my drivers are up to date, windows is up to date, I disabled exclusive control of applications for all my audio devices. My audio was pristine on 7 with not so much as as hiccup. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling my audio drivers, disabling all audio enhancements, and keeping windows 10 up to date.

Has anyone encountered this?

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