... would be a great band name, amirite?
Really though, I'm having a weird issue with the headphone output, wherein periodically and at random the audio will suddenly drop down into a mono mix and lose what I would estimate to be about 6dB in volume. It's definitely not an issue with my headphones or speaker setup (I am an audio engineer with eight years' tech experience, so you're gonna have to trust me on that.)
I just turned off Dell's Waves-branded speaker enhancement and it hasn't happened since, but the problem by definition is unpredictable so I don't really know yet if that has solved it. If anyone has any ideas as to what might be causing this I would appreciate tips. This problem is not debilitating, but it certainly is irritating.