Windows 10: Sound output disappears

Hello,I had an update not that long ago and since then, I have been dealing at first with a random loss of sound. Slowly it has gotten worse over the last few months to where it is an every single day thing now. When my computer is restarted or is left alone overnight I will try to hop on and play music and nothing will play minus my headphones that stay plugged in. My headphones are not set to the default audio device. My monitor is set to the default device the one that disappearsWhen I check windows 11 settings under system sound that is where the device is missing. This causes me to hav

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Sound output device will now randomly disappear

At random times (not on startup or anything, just while the computer is on at random times) the default sound output device will disappear, and I notice this happens in the moment because I suddenly have no sound. It gets fixed by going into sound settings,
troubleshooting, picking the monitor (where the sound is supposed to come from) and on the step where it says windows will play test sounds its suddenly fine again. This happens every day, sometimes twice a day and only started within the last 2 weeks. There
hasn't been a window update that I'm aware of and I haven't manually changed any settings.

On the day it first happened I tried disabling all the other sound "devices" (NVIDIA High Definition Audio, NVIDIA Virtual Audio, and the blue yeti microphone. Note these two NVIDIA audios aren't my monitor and I'm not sure why they're there, they produce
no sounds) from the up arrow when pressing the speaker in the bottom right as it would switch to my microphone as the sound device when the monitor disappeared. This hasn't helped however as now when the monitor disappears there is simply no sound device shown
(it is still fixed in the moment the same way as mentioned above).

My monitor is labelled ROG PG279Q (NVIDIA High Definition Audio) if that helps any.

 

Windows 10 audio stutters regardless of driver or output used, more noticeable on the toslink and surround sound.

• What device are you using? A laptop or a computer?
• Its a desktop, i listed the components in the original post.
• Do you have an external speaker?From which device does the sound come out from? From the TV or from the device?
• I listed the outputs in the original post. The issue exists on all outputs and exists on the tv speakers, surround sound speakers, and headset.
• What other troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?
• I have listed the troubleshooting steps that i can remember in the original post.

 

Good surround sound headset

I know you say you're not that guy, but stepping into the $250+ range really brings a change in build quality that might have you never having to buy another set. Otherwise, getting 6 speakers with decent sound in a headset is hard, and that's what you are asking for, and I have no suggestions, but just a bump up the list. *Stick Out Tongue