I looked at the post that @nikgnomic made above. They posted the Arch ALSA wiki link that I followed.
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I removed TLP from the computer using the package manager. Unless someone can tell me why I would want it on a desktop, I am fine with this decision.
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I created a file with
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf
and added this:
options snd_hda_intel power_save=0 power_save_controller=N
This appears to now be persistent and does the trick.
There is an additional step noted in the wiki that MAY need to be done on certain machines, but this worked for me.