I got bit by linux audio issues after moving from Win10 to CachyOS (arch based distro). It seemed to be working fine, but I noticed when switching to speakers

I got bit by linux audio issues after moving from Win10 to CachyOS (arch based distro). It seemed to be working fine, but I noticed when switching to speakers a terrible digital distortion that wasn't there previously. (I'm not a linux noob, have used since Debian Bo in '97, for example, plus many other distros off and on through the years) I spent so much time messing with alsamixer, removing pipewire, installing pulse, uninstalling pulse, readding pipewire, resetting ports and connections. I realized it had something to do with the audio buffer (due to the echo and the distortion was "shaped" like the feedback/if that makes sense). like a half second delay feedback. Ultimately I read up on the buffering mechanism and found that switching to the Bore-LTO kernel fixed everything. I was so desperate I was literally swapping ends of my cables between the PC and speaker, in theory it shouldn't matter but before realizing the issue when I noticed the noise was based on a delay/feedback, I had no other alternative and was at my wits end.