>motherboard audio has a history of shitting itself if two programs play sound at once
>start watching a movie with a friend
>instant earrape and clipping
>assume it's my motherboard acting up again
>test the film by itself
>it sounds exactly the same
>audio quality is so fucking bad I mistook it for hardware troubles
>resume movie and lower volume
>scene ends
>raise volume again
>mixing spontaneously shits itself and returns to normal several times throughout the film
>the director's next film has more clipping
>even regular dialogue clips