I have the same issue as well since latest Monterey upgrade but completely with apple products. It is crackling sound with airpods/airpod pro both in airpod speaker and microphone. If reverting to macbook own speakers and microphone, then no issue. It is a real pity for MSteams meetings.
Try booting to Safe Mode. That boot up takes minutes and clears caches and other things that may resolve your problem.
How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support
A lot of times just boot to Safe Mode followed by normal boot resolves problems.
Try booting to Safe Mode. That boot up takes minutes and clears caches and other things that may resolve your problem.
How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support
A lot of times just boot to Safe Mode followed by normal boot resolves problems.
Crackling bluetooth microphone since updating to Monterey
