Also, in addition to my technical concerns from earlier in the thread, I'd also like to point out and echo the sentiment of others: this audio issue is severely dampening my desire to play FFXIV, which is disappointing and troubling.

- If I play as-is, the audio stuttering is so bad that I either develop severe headaches or am forced to play the game on mute.

- If I play with the Immerse Gamepack for FFXIV, not only does audio stutering still persist in many fights (especially non non-Standard equalizer modes) albeit at a somewhat reduced level, but the spatialization feels unnatural, unintuitive, and nausea-inducing, which also forces me to play the game on mute.

- If I play the game on mute, well...that's a solid half of the entire experience, plus a variety of mechanics-based and player-based sound cues, that I'm missing out on. It's a depressing experience.

This is a bad issue to have on all fronts, and it's getting to the point where I'd rather not play the game at all than have a continuously bad and frustrating experience with the game.