I started having intermittent buzzing through my headphones, either connected through the stereo out jack or the USB ones. It seems to last for a few seconds before going away to return a little while later.
I thought at first it was the USB headphones going bad as that is when I first noticed it, but then I also noticed it with my audio / 3.5mm stereo jack headphones plugged directly into the computer. Muting the sound fixes the issue, so it seems like a software and not a hardware problem. I have this problem with pianobar, google voice calls in chromium, etc. It also consistently effects the right-channel only for both the analog and USB headphones.
I thought at first it was the USB headphones going bad as that is when I first noticed it, but then I also noticed it with my audio / 3.5mm stereo jack headphones plugged directly into the computer. Muting the sound fixes the issue, so it seems like a software and not a hardware problem. I have this problem with pianobar, google voice calls in chromium, etc. It also consistently effects the right-channel only for both the analog and USB headphones.