[3006] [Linux] Still Having Audio Quality Issues + Unable to Uninstall/Reinstall

[goolash]

I updated. While it fixed the other 2 issues I had, I'm still having audio quality issues. It's mostly when I have it on in the background while doing other stuff on my computer. I thought maybe it was because the deb installer was for amd hardware. So I tried installing the tarball. Problem is that I'm still having audio issues & the tarball doesn't have a script for uninstalling. I thought maybe it was because I forgot to uninstall the deb version 1st. But I need to be able to uninstall & reinstall the tarball version to correct that issue.
I use Linux Mint 22.2 Zara. I'm on XFCE desktop and here are my PC specs:

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System:
  Kernel: 6.8.0-84-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.41 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 with: xfce4-panel
    tools: light-locker vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 22.2 Zara
    base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: N/A model: B75 v: Ver:1.41 serial: <superuser required>
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 4.6.5 date: 09/01/2021
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-2600K bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled arch: Sandy Bridge
    rev: 7 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1775 high: 2598 min/max: 1600/3800 cores: 1: 1596 2: 1597 3: 1596 4: 1597
    5: 2598 6: 2025 7: 1600 8: 1596 bogomips: 54276
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-6 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-2, VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:0122 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0
    driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1440x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 381x238mm (15.00x9.37") s-diag: 449mm (17.69")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 model: Dell SE198WFP serial: <filter> res: 1440x900 hz: 60
    dpi: 90 size: 408x255mm (16.06x10.04") diag: 481mm (18.9") modes: max: 1440x900 min: 720x400
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus platforms: device: 0 drv: crocus device: 1 drv: swrast
    gbm: drv: crocus surfaceless: drv: crocus x11: drv: crocus inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 3.3 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2) device-ID: 8086:0122
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Corsair VOID ELITE Wireless Gaming Dongle driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
    type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 2-1.6:3 chip-ID: 1b1c:0a55 class-ID: 0300
  API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-84-generic status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: r8169 v: kernel
    pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 177.29 GiB (38.1%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD5000AAKS-00A7B2 size: 465.76 GiB
    speed: 3.0 Gb/s tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3B01 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 456.89 GiB used: 177.28 GiB (38.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1.1:3 info: SINOWEALTH Game Mouse type: mouse,keyboard driver: hid-generic,usbhid
    interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 480mA chip-ID: 258a:1007 class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 1-1.2:4 info: Elan Micro ActiveJet K-2024 Multimedia Keyboard type: keyboard,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 04f3:0103 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-1.6:3 info: Corsair VOID ELITE Wireless Gaming Dongle type: audio,HID
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 1b1c:0a55 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 85.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 2539 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2492 pm: flatpak pkgs: 47
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/openvpn.asc] https: //packages.openvpn.net/openvpn3/debian noble main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/element-io.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/element-io-archive-keyring.gpg] https: //packages.element.io/debian/ default main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grzegorz-gutowski-openvpn3-indicator-noble.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/grzegorz-gutowski-openvpn3-indicator-noble.gpg] https: //ppa.launchpadcontent.net/grzegorz-gutowski/openvpn3-indicator/ubuntu noble main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/leap.list
    1: deb https: //deb.leap.se/client release buster
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/leapcodes-riseup-vpn-noble.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/leapcodes-riseup-vpn-noble.gpg] https: //ppa.launchpadcontent.net/leapcodes/riseup-vpn/ubuntu noble main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mullvad.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/mullvad-keyring.asc arch=amd64] https: //repository.mullvad.net/deb/stable stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com zara main upstream import backport
    2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openvpn-packages.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/openvpn.asc] https: //packages.openvpn.net/openvpn3/debian noble main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/retroshare.list
    1: deb http: //download.opensuse.org/repositories/network:/retroshare/Debian_12/ /
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/retroshare_OBS.list
    1: deb https: //download.opensuse.org/repositories/network:/retroshare/xUbuntu_22.1/ /
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/signal-desktop-keyring.gpg] https: //updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
    1: deb https: //repository.spotify.com stable non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] https: //packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/protonvpn-stable.sources
    1: deb https: //repo.protonvpn.com/debian stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-desktop.sources
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.33 GiB used: 6.24 GiB (40.7%)
  Processes: 341 Power: uptime: 10h 29m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle wakeups: 0
    hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical
  Compilers: gcc: 13.3.0 Client: Unknown python3.12 client inxi: 3.3.34


[Artem]

I'm still having audio quality issues

Fix is not included in 3006 build

But I need to be able to uninstall & reinstall the tarball version to correct that issue.

How usually in goes in arch? what command for pacman for reinstalling/uninstalling?