https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-AMD-Analog-Input-Audio-WA
Queued now for Linux 5.3 and also marked for back-porting to existing kernel stable series is a fix to address distorted and crackling analog audio input that has affected AMD systems for at least the past two years with certain Realtek audio codecs.
This is going to fix the “crackling and popping” that have been plaguing analog audio inputs using “certain Realtek audio codecs”. For me it was, occasionally, on both sides of the spectrum where my playback sounded horrible so this fix is a welcome change.
Just wanted to let the community know in case people couldn’t figure out why this was happening.