Audio is a bit fuzzy and crunchy.

[johnblackwood1]

This has been going on for a while now and its getting on my nerves.
I am not sure if this is a driver or hardware issue.
I dont see any physical damage
Here is my device information:

System:
  Kernel: 6.14.0-37-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.41 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 with: xfce4-panel
    tools: light-locker vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena
    base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Apple product: iMac14,1 v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 13 v: Mac-031B6874CF7F642A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Apple model: Mac-031B6874CF7F642A v: iMac14,1 serial: <superuser required>
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Apple v: 143.0.0.0.0 date: 04/12/2020
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i5-4570R bits: 64 type: MCP smt: <unsupported> arch: Haswell
    rev: 1 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3131 high: 3138 min/max: 800/3200 cores: 1: 3131 2: 3126 3: 3131 4: 3138
    bogomips: 21549
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel vendor: Apple driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-7.5 ports: active: DP-3
    empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0d22 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Apple FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-7:4 chip-ID: 05ac:8511 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0
    driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: DP-3 model: Apple iMac res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 103 size: 475x267mm (18.7x10.51")
    diag: 545mm (21.5") modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 960x540
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus platforms: device: 0 drv: crocus device: 1 drv: swrast
    gbm: drv: crocus surfaceless: drv: crocus x11: drv: crocus inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 (HSW GT3) device-ID: 8086:0d22
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 layers: 3 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 0 type: integrated-gpu driver: N/A
    device-ID: 8086:0d22 device: 1 type: cpu driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Crystal Well HD Audio vendor: Apple driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:0d0c class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8c20 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.14.0-37-generic status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Dual Band Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Apple driver: wl
    v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:43a0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57766 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: tg3 v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:1686 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp3s0f0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Apple Bluetooth Host Controller driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-8.3:8 chip-ID: 05ac:828d class-ID: fe01
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.0 lmp-v: 6 sub-v: 4196
    hci-v: 6 rev: 2465 class-ID: 7c0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 13.22 GiB (1.4%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Apple model: HDD HTS541010A9E662 size: 931.51 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: B5D0 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 915.32 GiB used: 13.21 GiB (1.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 256 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 14 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1:2 info: MacAlly USB Keyboard type: keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid
    interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 2222:0018 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 1-5:3 info: Pixart Imaging Optical Mouse type: mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid
    interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 093a:2510 class-ID: 0301
  Device-3: 1-7:4 info: Apple FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) type: video driver: uvcvideo
    interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 05ac:8511 class-ID: 0e02
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-2: 1-8:5 info: Broadcom BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth) ports: 3 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 94mA chip-ID: 0a5c:4500 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-8.3:8 info: Apple Bluetooth Host Controller type: bluetooth driver: btusb
    interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 05ac:828d class-ID: fe01
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 6 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 1967 pm: dpkg pkgs: 1960 pm: flatpak pkgs: 7
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com zena main upstream import backport
    2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse
Info:
  Memory: total: 8 GiB available: 7.7 GiB used: 2.51 GiB (32.6%)
  Processes: 252 Power: uptime: 4h 11m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep wakeups: 3
    hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical
  Compilers: gcc: 13.3.0 Client: Unknown python3.12 client inxi: 3.3.34