Describe the noise...
Although I don’t have an answer, and I am not being rude, you should post this again at a time of day to get the most responses - there is a lot of expertise here on FR, but you need more eyes on it.
-PJ
Head over here and listen to the two examples of common hum in an audio system.
Please note that drivers can and do cover up issues in sound quality. It sounds like your new, more complex system is creating new feedback, or is now helping you discover a problem that has been there all along.
I always look for a proper earth ground - yes, folks still get bit by bad grounds, and audio is one of the easiest ways to discover it. I keep a HumBuster with me when I occasionally need it to fix a ground loop or an effect from nearby equipment.
Even if the Linux drivers do not pass the offending sound does not mean that there is not a problem.
BTW, which video cards are you using, and with which motherboard?
All these things do make a difference.
It feels like 1991 in here.
You upgraded from 7 to 10 but I gather you kept the same mobo? It could be your mobo is not fully compatible with 10.
Perhaps reducing the audio bit rate will help.
If not, you can plug in a cheap USB sound card with a speaker output. Worth a shot.
fwiw...
Having your handheld phone close to your computer
can cause static like noise to come through your speakers.
I went through several settings in control panel and slowed down my bit setting under speaker settings in the task bar right hand corner. put it on CD quality then when it worked I raised it to DVD quality, 16 bit 48000. I changed my power settings to "performance". Then I went through my Bios settings and cut off everything I could cut off that was enabled. Like I didn't have a CD player/burner, so I just disabled it. Then I disabled all my SATA connections on the MB that didn't have a Hard Drive on it.
Restarted and it worked.
Found a good free program to measure sound latency called Latencymon.com. It tells you what might be causing the drop outs. There was a driver that was waiting too long to stop trying to work. IN my opinion my motherboard was looking for Hard drives that weren't there and took up too much time to stream sound. I use a PCIE card to run my hard drives at SATA 3 speeds. The motherboard runs at SATA 2 speeds.
Thanks to all for the help.
I think I know the problem
off topic but computer related:
I have a guitar tuner app on my iPad. We learned a few months ago that Apple slows the iPad when the batteries get old. My question is, will that also introduce inaccuracy in the app’s measurement of a string’s frequency.
The slowing is done to hide the fact that the ageing batteries are unable to hold a full charge.
They PC manufacturer might have new device drivers for windows 10. Check their website.
Do you have an open slot? (I presume not a laptop)
Get a sound card and dump using the embedded hardware.
I just read your comment about the USB speakers making the noise, too.
Swap the PS first.