Apple Studio Display has "Choppy Audio" from the display speakers

Thanks for your reply. I actually did unplug the display from everything, and that did not fix the issue. But based on your response, I left it unplugged for longer (about an hour) and now everything works just fine. Thanks!

There is a separate Display forum that now has many posts on the Studio Display:

Displays - Apple Community

There is a firmware update for the Studio display too but some people are having problem

Can't update studio display - Apple Community

Studio Display Firmware Update 15.4 - not working

studio display won't update

You might have better luck posting in the Display forum

Mine started with this issue today too. No outward changes to system since yesterday. Restart did not fix.

Running on a Mac Studio M1 Ultra, About This Mac says Monterey 12.3.1, display firmware 15.4.

Hi Tom - just tried this - did not resolve issue for me unfortunately.

It's so weird, as I've no idea what happened overnight to make it happen today. Certainly nothing I did as it was in sleep mode all night.

I just ran into the same issue. The Studio Display was working flawlessly since I got it when It was released. Tonight it started with choppy audio while I was watching YouTube. I can't figure it out. I tried audio from many sources, for the web, and local, same issue.

I just unplugged my display from power and also disconnect the thunderbolt cable that was connected to the M1 Mac mini. I waited for a little over 15 min. So far so good. It looks like that corrected the problem with the audio. Hopefully Apple will fix this issue with a future firmware update.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Thanks everyone for this exchange. Unplugging from power for 15 minutes fixed the issue. I had the same issue everyone here described. Choppy audio. It just started happening today and was progressively getting worse. Fixed now. Hopefully stays fixed.

The display has a computer in it.

that computer gets in a wonky state, and then you get the symptoms you and other users are describing.

The solution is to disconnect the display and power off for a quarter hour.

Then reconnect and use as if nothing had ever happened.

I have the same problem - choppy audio from iTunes and MSFT Teams. Was only Studio Display, Bluetooth headphones were fine. I unplugged the display for 15+ minutes and that solved the problem. @apple - sounds like a memory leak - please help!

I am experiencing the same problem everyone is citing here. Called Apple Support and was referred to a senior technician who said he wanted to stay on the case until it was resolved because it's a new computer and, apparently, because other people are experiencing the same issue. We found that when the sound went through the Studio computer's speakers, the sound was fine. When I attached my MacBook Pro to the Studio Display, the sound was fine. Oddly, the only combination that was a problem was playing sound from the Studio Computer through the Studio Display's speakers, leading to the conclusion that the issue is a software problem in the Computer and not in the Display, consequently it seems that simply powering off the Display will not be a permanent fix. He had me reinstall the OS and that has cured nothing. I have a follow-up phone call with him tomorrow. If we're able to find a fix, I'll post more.

My experience would indicate it's a Display issue, and not a computer issue.

When this occurred for me, restarting computer did not fix the issue. Even through 2 restarts, sound was still choppy.

When I routed the computer sound to my Sonos external speakers instead of the Studio Display, the sound was normal.

Reverting back to Studio Display, sound was choppy.

The only fix was powering off the Display and leaving it off for several minutes before powering on.

Interestingly, it has never re-occurred for me to date...