Combat Sound Effects Distorted

[plz]

The sound effects finally got so annoying that I googled it and found this thread

My issue is also only with sound effects. Voices and music are fine, for the most part, but any time I'm in battle I want to just turn the sound effects off because they're so bad. They have a very piercing, sharp quality to them, almost to the point of static, like the gain on them is way too high or something. They also possess some weird thing that makes them sound "hollow", almost like an entire sound range is scooped out of the audio and only the top end plays, and that this top end has the gain turned up to maximum. It hurts my ears and is very piercing. I did download the Spatial Audio thing while the game was down, and I sent in a picture of my ear and downloaded the software and enabled it in game. I originally thought that *this* was the issue, but even after restarting my computer and disabling Spatial Audio, the sound effect issue is still present. This is actively causing my ears pain and it is an extreme displeasure to hear, and I am fearful that it might never get fixed. If this never gets fixed, I will eventually be forced to play with all sound effects turned off, or it might even cause me to stop playing altogether

For reference, I have a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 preamp and am listening via Sennheiser HD 650s and I never had this issue until Endwalker