Sound Cracking and Popping Ubuntu 19.04
I have spent a lot of time searching the web for an solution but nothing seems to work. I tried these fixes
Static and crackling sound coming from speakers in 19.04
Cracking and popping sound from left side of headphone on Front Left/Right sound test
and the pulse-audio fix but nothing worked.
My Speakers just randomly crack and make noises when doing nothing and sometimes while playing back audio. I haven't had that Problem before and when i boot into windows everything is fine. So i can rule out a Hardware problem.
I got the Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 (rev. 1.0) with the Realtek® ALC1220 codec. Connected is an 5.1 Surround system made by Logitech.
The Problem was already there in 18.04 and Upgrading to 19 did nothing to fix it.
I just tried connecting and then switching to my external soundblaster card but staying connected to the mobo headers and the noises continues
I had the same problem on Ubuntu 18.04 - cracking sound from left speaker that occurs mainly before the playback of video/audio. This solution from James Kelly works for me:
if your distro uses alsa you should be able to fix the issue directly by modifying the following conf file: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
Open file in console using:
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
Add the following line to the end of the file:
options snd-hda-intel power_save=0 power_save_controller=N
Hit Ctrl-S then Ctrl-X
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdmy8dMWitg&lc=UgwSJTT-VsjsaAzzGk54AaABAg