First off, welcome to the forum @gliese3, and please read the thread on “How to provide good information” so other people more knowledgable than I am can help you out.
I’m getting this same exact issue too on my self-built Ryzen 5 desktop from three years ago with my brand-new Razer Opus headset. The dropouts become more frequent when I use JamesDSP or more apps playing audio at the same time. (I once used PulseEffects, but it got renamed to EasyEffects and is now Pipewire-exclusive.)
I’ve spent the last few hours trying to fix this issue, and any solutions I get from searching either reduced the frequency of dropouts or did nothing to eliminate them. I was considering to replace PulseAudio with Pipewire in an attempt to solved those annoying dropouts, but then I found this thread. Unfortunately, I couldn’t think of anymore solutions to this, but I just want to say that I’m not alone having this issue.
Here is my inxi output
$ inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width
System:
Kernel: 5.14.13-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.14-x86_64
root=UUID=0428519d-a16b-4103-bdda-c83d853f7601 rw idle=nomwait
processor.max_cstate=5 rcu_nocbs=0-11 spectre_v2=off mds=off
fbcon=scrollback:4096k sysrq_always_enabled=1 apparmor=1 security=apparmor
udev.log_priority=3 nowatchdog
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.23.1 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1
dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: X370 Killer SLI/ac serial: <filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: P5.10 date: 12/17/2018
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
RAM: total: 15.56 GiB used: 5.45 GiB (35.0%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen
family: 17 (23) model-id: 1 stepping: 1 microcode: 8001137 cache: L2: 3 MiB
bogomips: 76674
Speed: 2577 MHz min/max: 1550/2800 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz):
1: 2577 2: 2501 3: 2512 4: 2587 5: 2598 6: 2477 7: 2574 8: 2505 9: 2707
10: 2717 11: 2564 12: 2622
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
bmi2 bpext clflush clflushopt clzero cmov cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb cpuid
cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid
fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mca
mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl
npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb
perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36
rapl rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sep sev sha_ni skinit smap smca sme smep
ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 succor svm svm_lock syscall tce
topoext tsc tsc_scale v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wdt
xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 status: Vulnerable, IBPB: disabled, STIBP: disabled
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590]
vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 26:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:67df
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: USB
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-7:6 chip-ID: 046d:082d
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
loaded: amdgpu,ati unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2")
s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 93
size: 527x296mm (20.7x11.7") diag: 604mm (23.8")
OpenGL: renderer: Radeon RX 570 Series (POLARIS10 DRM 3.42.0
5.14.13-1-MANJARO LLVM 12.0.1)
v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.4 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]
vendor: Gigabyte driver: N/A alternate: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 26:00.1
chip-ID: 1002:aaf0 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 28:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: USB
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-7:6 chip-ID: 046d:082d
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.14.13-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.38 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel bus-ID: 1e:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fb class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp30s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASRock driver: igb v: kernel
port: f000 bus-ID: 1f:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp31s0 state: down mac: <filter>
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-9:2 chip-ID: 8087:0aa7 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 661 GiB (56.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT250MX500SSD1
size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 023 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM010-2EP102
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: CC43 scheme: MBR
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 64 GiB size: 62.75 GiB (98.04%) used: 57.72 GiB (92.0%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 label: Manjaro
uuid: 0428519d-a16b-4103-bdda-c83d853f7601
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 99 MiB size: 95 MiB (95.96%)
used: 26.4 MiB (27.8%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
uuid: 9E33-370C
ID-3: /mnt/Data raw-size: 931.51 GiB size: 931.51 GiB (100.00%)
used: 603.26 GiB (64.8%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: Data
uuid: 707817287816EC9A
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 1 (default 60) cache-pressure: 75 (default 100)
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 1024 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
file: /swapfile
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 499 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: 7EC2AF0BC2AEC72D
ID-2: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-3: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 size: 168.29 GiB fs: ntfs label: Win10SSD
uuid: 8AB836A9B8369423
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 14 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-7:6 info: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: Video,Audio
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 500mA chip-ID: 046d:082d class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-9:2 info: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth type: Bluetooth
driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
chip-ID: 8087:0aa7 class-ID: e001
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 8 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-3:2 info: Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 V1.0
type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 045e:00dd class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 3-4:3 info: Pixart Imaging Optical Mouse type: Mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 093a:2510 class-ID: 0301
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: 34.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 40.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 0 fan-2: 2129 fan-3: 0 fan-4: 1238 fan-5: 1037
gpu: amdgpu fan: 853
Power: 12v: N/A 5v: N/A 3.3v: 3.36 vbat: 3.28 gpu: amdgpu watts: 12.24
Info:
Processes: 382 Uptime: 6h 19m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 249
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 12.0.1 Packages: 1860
pacman: 1846 lib: 475 flatpak: 14 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 running-in: yakuake
inxi: 3.3.07