DirectX 11 audio crash

This afternoon (with no changes made by me) ffxiv has become unplayable on DirectX 11 unless I mute the game entirely.
If I unmute it I instantly get this error:
"An unexpected error has occurred. Exiting Final Fantasy XIV. 2019-04-15_18:12

XAudio2_7.dll+34C29
XAudio2_7.dll+2FF91
XAudio2_7.dll+2B4B3
XAudio2_7.dll+2A917
ffxiv_dx11.exe+11E8C1E
ffxiv_dx11.exe+11CB8EC
ffxiv_dx11.exe+11BC318
ffxiv_dx11.exe+13F21A0"
and the game closes, if it is unmuted when it loads up it either crashes on the start menu or has no audio.

The game ran without issue this morning after the update.

The issue does not occur on DirectX 9

DX11 support for this game has always been garbage tbh.
Square plz, these issues are important! If you're going to make the game DX11-only come ShB, these crashes can't continue to occur!

Good afternoon and thank you for posting on the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums.

MayHayashi, does this audio crash happen when headphones are plugged in? What have you tried so far to alleviate the issue? Also, could you provide a system report? Simply go to the 'Config' option on the Final Fantasy XIV launcher and to the right of 'System Information' click on 'Display.'

Hope to see you online!

I always play with headphones so yes, it does happen with headphones.
So far I have tried restarting, using different headphone ports, disabling/enabling audio outputs and reinstalling audio drivers.

System report:

Quote:

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MyDocument C:\Users\maysa\Documents
FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn C:\Program Files (x86)\SquareEnix
FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn Language 1 Region 3
ProxyEnable 0
ProxyServer unspecified
ProxyOverride *.local


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SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME Mouse
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SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME Wired Keyboard 600
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SYSTEM_INPUT {0412C230-DA05-11E8-8001444553540000}
SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME Blue Snowball
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FFXIVLauncher
Technical Support - Google Chrome
Spotify Premium
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[I have just tried logging in and the issue did not occur, though this has happened before and is seemingly random so hopefully I can still find a fix for next time.]

Thank you for the reply.

Does the crash happen when headphones are not plugged in? Also, on the system report, it looks like the the last update for the sound drivers was done back in 2017. Please make sure they are updated to a more recent driver? Also have you tried plugging in a different headset? Does the crash happen with all headsets?

Try doing a clean boot by opening the task manager and select the 'Start up' Tab. Disable everything here and restart the PC.

Hope to see you online!

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