Audio popping issue

[Teiren]

Even as the oddball with the 12+ year-old Intel CPU, it's completely gone for me too, so that's certainly great and takes that headache out of things.

However,

I am still extremely disappointed that the game is still on the new, bad sound engine. It's just somehow wrong compared to pre-Endwalker audio, in particular the various volume levels for battle voices and some effects. This is the last time I'll complain about it here because it's clear that it's here to stay, permanently, because it's very likely required for the worthless spatial audio that they were surely forced into implementing at the last minute for a minor payday. I just had to voice my displeasure one last time in case of the smallest chance the sentiment gets back to someone that matters.

At least I can get mostly used to it, unlike the stuttering, so at least it's not the end of the world. And it's good the music isn't seriously affected by it, might even be the tiniest bit improved, which is one of the most important things.