I preferred to try and rename the two Edge .exe files with the prefix "No" to make them easy to find and change back if needed but despite being logged in as the top Administrator with all privileges...

Sound at last....

Dear God (with all reverence) I have spent over FOUR STRAIGHT HOURS trying to get any kind of audio out of new PC build running Windows 10 with a Gigabytes Z170XP-SLI motherboard...