Windows 10 Sound pauses every time monitor goes to or wakes from sleep

[olat]

Hi, I have an issue where sound stop whenever my monitor goes to sleep or back.

For example, I'm listening to some stone cold heavy metal on Spotify, screen goes to sleep, sound stops for 2-3 seconds, then comes back. When I move my mouse or press a key on my keyboard to wake up the monitor, same thing happens.

I've tried 3 different monitors, different HDMI cables, DP cables, everything's the same.

Has anyone had this issue before and do you guys have any recommendations on what I could do about this?

Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Version 10.0.18363 Build 18363
CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 53 °C
Matisse 7nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel Unknown @ 1599MHz (16-18-18-36)
Motherboard
Micro-Star International Co. Ltd B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) (AM4) 28 °C
Graphics
27GL650F (1920x1080@144Hz)
LG TV (1920x1080@144Hz)
8192MB ATI Radeon RX 580 Series (XFX Pine Group) 52 °C
Storage
298GB Western Digital WDC WD3200AAKS-75L9A0 (SATA ) 30 °C
223GB SSD (SATA (SSD)) 17 °C
1863GB Seagate ST2000DM008-2FR102 (SATA (SSD)) 30 °C
Optical Drives
ELBY CLONEDRIVE SCSI CdRom Device
Audio
DFX Audio Enhancer

Let me know if I can provide anything else

Thanks,
Olat

 

[olat]

I managed to solve the issue completely by disabling AMD High Definition Audio Device in Device Manager.

Hopefully this helps someone else as well down the line.