UPDATE 2: It fixed itself... I didn't do anything and I don't know why its working now but it does. 
Anything with audio takes a really long time to load. What I mean is that when opening a file (with audio) or playing a video, it loads for a long time (20< seconds) before finally playing. This includes (but is not limited to): - YouTube videos - Spotify songs - .mp3 or .mp4 files - Joining discord voice channels I have already gone through device manager and tried updating anything that seemed related to audio, yet this hasn't done anything. It is not related to the audio device (as far as I know) because this is an issue when I'm using my earphones or using the built in laptop speakers. I don't know exactly when this issue started, but I definitely know that my laptop used to load videos almost instantly (1-2 seconds before a YouTube video would start playing, for example). What do I need to do to fix this?
Audio takes a really long time to load