According to Rick Beato on YouTube this is why music is shit nowadays. He’s got real “old man yells at cloud” energy and he’s fucking wrong. The fact that someone can make music easily means that there is tons of great music being produced because the barriers to entry are not prohibitive anymore.
Years ago I had a similar problem that was resolved by changing the method of I/O scheduling.
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-change-the-linux-io-scheduler-to-fit-your-needs/
I’m not sure which one I used or if this is still relevant with modern Linux but it’s something to look into that might help.