Sound crackling, clicking etc. when playing sounds

I'm having a similar issue too. It started back in November. I started hearing electric crackles while listening to music. Sometimes they lasted for some seconds, other times they were almost non stop. Sent the laptop, as ASUS laptop, to be repaired. They changed the Wifi card, but as soon as I turned on the laptop the problem was still there. I tried uninstalling the Realtek HD driver and replace it with an older one, it seemed to lower the amount of crackles. Right now I am using Microsoft's High Definition Audio but sometimes I can still hear some weird noises. They almost sound as the sound you hear when you plug or unplug your headphones into the jack. I tried all the solutions suggested in this thread but that still seems to happen. On some headphones it is more noticeable than with others.

I'm not going to create a new thread considering I have the exact sound issues Repa24 has. All the links the OP posted on both this forum and the sevenforums (Sound crackling, clicking etc. when playing sounds - Windows 7 Help Forums) I hear the same varying tones of static-like popping sounds that are not random and appear as if a piece of audio was already recorded with them.. which of course they were not. I can go back to a song, a location in a game or any type of media and here the same static pops months later because they just don't go away.

I've had these issues for a good year or two, I had it with Windows 7 and Windows 10. I built a completely new PC with all new parts and even moved once. After my new PC build I installed Windows 7 again and went back to 10 a month or two later, but I had the same issues no matter the OS. I have tried hundreds of things to try and remedy the problem and literally nothing has improved it. I am at a loss. I even a few days ago gutted my PC and cleaned it again. I don't really have any issues with latency, LatencyMon picks up some issues while gaming and I do get the odd stutter. I have also tried the default Windows audio and I get the same results.. saying that, could there be a bad file within Windows causing this?

Any kind of direction or lead for me to look into would be great. Thanks.