Audio popping issue

[miragedive]

Hey guys,

This is a really strange work around, but I found that if my computer is already playing some form of audio (video on youtube) when I launch FF14, I do not have the audio popping issues. Tested it both ways and have been able to reproduce it multiple times both with popping and without. Don't know why it is working for me, it is just working...

I plan on trying this out tomorrow. Could you please give more info?
1. Does the audio need to actually be audible? (Can I set volume to 1, for example?)
2. Does the audio need to keep playing in the bg?