Damn it. I've been trying to fix the issue as well for the past few hours... I was convinced that it was on my end. Well, it's my hardware that might be outdated but I had no issue with the game before EW patch. I have tried everything: checked hyperx headset dongle and jack, played with windows sound settings and drivers, updated my gpu drivers as well, game settings, gpu clocking. Anything really. Made me very much close to losing my mind, especially with addition of the gigantic queues. The only thing that seems to somewhat work is going back to directx 9. Let me know if anyone of you ends up finding a permanent solution to this issue.