I'm not familiar with mpd. It sounds like maybe you should seek advice from the developers by opening an upstream issue at:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pulseaudio/-/issues or https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/issues -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1930550 Title: usb sound devices crackling To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1930550/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs