Audio popping issue

[Teiren]

I have not had the audio stuttering bug yet, but I am still in post shadowbringers and fear it will become an issue in the future. I decided to post on this thread due to another issue that is directly related to this one, which is all of the sound does not sound as it use to. Every sound is washed out and lowered, I am assuming this is due to making preparations for those wishing to purchase simulated spatial audio. I will never purchase this 'feature' offered, and would like for all of my sounds to be returned to normal. It is most notable in the music sounding far away in every dungeon I am assuming to make it feel as though the audio is coming from far away from your characters sounds that are being produced. It is horrible if you do not wear headphones, and I will not be made to purchase something to fix these issues either.(that is if they fix it only for those who purchase their product and not for everyone else who is playing the game) I will just end my subscription.

Some of the sound changes are okay but some sound as if you have the treble booster on max setting. I can't fix this as I could on a radio or something through audacity when mixing music. I think the term is tinny, like a tin can. Many sounds just sound way to far away despite them being made by your own character with a camera right behind when just going through a dungeon. I am unsure if I am explaining this well, but it is a issue that is common when listening to remastered music from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Some just sound way off, and it makes it hard to hear certain instruments. The biggest most notable I could give would be listen to The Twinning music on youtube, than go into the Twinning and you will hear how off it sounds at least to me. I tend to be a bit sensitive to some of the changes in sound. It does however sound normal in say Ishgard when just relaxing and sitting down listening to the music.

Yeah, this is what bothers me the most, actually. This problem may be fixable, but even without this problem, the audio itself is still wrong. However, I don't have that same problem you do with the music, so that's weird, although the music is somehow a bit different for me and the sound effects are a little too "distant" for me too though probably not as much as you. Guess it makes sense that wrong audio would manifest slightly differently for each person.

Glad they managed to find the culprit and we even have a potential timeline now. Really hoping next patch isn't 6.1 though ><
As a side note after enabling hpc and disabling amd power saving options for my cpu in bios i feel like i started encountering less stuttering. Trial 2 still stutters a lot but for example i spend almost 3 hours in p1s yesterday with no stuttering at all.

Oddly, I've had no stuttering at all in the First or Second Circle even with Listening Position at 60. And I'm the one with the 12+ year old CPU. Can't explain it.