Audio artifacts are noticeable on internet radio, likely present elsewhere, and not present in other browsers. It is likely that only audiophiles will notice this, but if I do not have resolution to this thread, I will be looking for other options for my low-resource browser needs.

I'm generally a fan of pointing the experts at the problem, rather than theorizing, but I have theories, and will provide if asked.

Per the rules, in order to keep my problem concise, rather than reiterate the rules, I will simply say I've followed them. Opera GX 97, Windows up to date as of 2022/02/18.