Windows 10: Windows audio glitch when stopping or resuming audio/video

Hello,


Summary of the problem:

Audio glitch/artifacts when stopping or resuming audio.

Tried many sollutions to fix the problem.

Problem persists with multiple drivers/devices/headphones.

Problem persists after complete fresh windows installation.

Problem started randomly without any previous issues.


Explanation:


Im experiencing an issue with windows. Let me start with the problem. Since about 5 days ive been experiencing issues with windows the windows sound. When i play a youtube video or when using ableton or any other program that uses audio, i get this really loud clicking sound when i start or stop audio/video. It is just a really hard click. This problem is especially noticable when in ableton DAW and hearing a single instrument with a delay. Its like the sound cuts out and pops back in but it sounds like a pop/click. At first i thought it was an issue with my audio interface focusrite clarett pre, but the problem also exists when i use a headphone inside my motherboards audio output i used different headphones to test, or via my hdmi out.


Ive been searching online for many sollutions, ive tried all the sollutions microsoft suggested in this article

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4520288/windows-10-fix-sound-problems#v1h=tab01


i have also tried to check my dpc latency, different drivers, cpu usage, stable cpu frequencies, bitrates, samplerates, quality, soundeffects, bus powering, cpu power usage, ram frequencies etc. I went as far as to do a clean windows install, bios changes for optimal performance etc. Nothing fixes this issue!


At a certain point i thought it might have been a ground loop issue, so i even bought stuff to eliminate this problem with no succes. Im really frustrated at the moment because nothing seems to fix my problem. I hope that anyone has a sollution because this is driving me crazy! the weird thing is, about 6 days ago, there were absolutely no issues whatsoever with my entire system. It had just arisen from one minute till the next.


My pc is fairly new about 3 months.

specs:

cpu - 10600k

gpu - rtx 2060

mobo - z490m-plus

psu - Coolermaster 650gold

ram - corsair 16gb 2 dims 3200 DDR4

Storage - Samsung m.2 ssd.


System has no issues other than this, no booting issues, bios issues etc. system runs stable and has no tinkering done to it besides some power/performance settings to make sure the cpu wasnt cutting out the audio glitches.


Please does anyone have a sollution??


Thanks,


Kevin.

:)