3.16.3 Crackling and popping sounds on low volume

I'm only encountering this issue for a few days and it seems to be exclusive to PoE.

Playing with very low volume on sounds effects (sound_effects_volume2=9) seems to cause some issue that sounds that are barely audible are being reduced to only cracks and pops.

It seems to happen only occasionally, mostly when a certain sound is played for the first time.

Shifting into into nightmare is especially prone to trigger this issue. When first shifting in there are a lots of cracks and pops before it settles down.

**edit

The cracks and pops are also audible when sound effects volume is turned to zero. Looks like it is connected to the other reports that say sounds are being played with zero volume.

Sadly the latest patch 3.16.3b did not resolve this particular issue.

So as it turns out the issues are not only still there, they also got way worse with the latest patch.

A Sirus fight is basically just endless cracks and pops in my speakers..

3.16.3c did not fix the issue.