So, I'm not sure what changed? But the last few days I've been able to play relatively fine without any serious issues but if anything it feels like more of a duct tape fix.
I have my distance set to 100, my sound effects set to 20, and then the player effects set to 6 each just so you can barely hear it. It seems to work for me, if I get a slight crackling then I noticed I can just move my camera around and it seems to fix itself right. Hope this helps someone until they fix it.