Actually, this is still happening to me. Deleting the vorpx directory from \Users\[YOUR USER NAME]\AppData\Local\Temp fixes the problem for the next restart, but it returns after that.
This behavior is new for me since last update.
The answer was phantom files in AppData\Local\Temp. When Windows Defender killed the process after the last update, it left behind a mess the reinstall didn’t clean up.
There’s nothing to see here.
Nope, changing Headset Sync to “safe” didn’t help. FWIW, it’s a high-frequency stutter, which if I’m guessing means a sync not a performance issue.
Thanks for looking into it…