OFv2

[Shannon]

Update:
So its been almost two months on this sub consistently (only one day skipped) and nothing at all really in terms of results.
I'm still the same way. Still scared of everything, still affected by negativity, still worried to death about what others think. Still awkard and self conscious, avoidance behaviours etc.

My usage patterns have been as follows:

High end sennheiser earbuds on Samsung galaxy A20:
Week 1: 12/15 3loops
Week 2: 12/15 4 loops
Week 3: 13/15 3 loops
Week 4: 13/15 4 loops
Week 5: 14/15 3 loops
Week 6 : 14/15 4 loops.

All US format

Im now back on 12/15 with an adjusted frequency. My earbuds are adjustable bass, I dont know if this affects the frequency response.
I was getting crackling only at certain notches on the volume spectrum but after playing with the adjustable bass I noticed the crackling at those volumes gone.

I know you may dissaprove of the US format on earbuds but its the only choice I had really, I cant use speakers as I have an infant and I cant really use masked because I have to talk to people and I wont hear them and they will get mad.
The US on earbuds hasnt affected or bothered my ears at all.

@Shannon
What do you think may be the issue? Could my phone be bad and not be transmitting the audio to my earbuds correct?
Wrong bass setting on earbuds?
Wrong format?

I spent money on these earbuds hoping to get maximum effectiveness.
Despite all that I still want to try v3

First of all... you're forgetting a specific quirk of earbuds, which is, they're IN your ear.  That means you NEVER use the same volume you would use if you were running on speakers, just as you don't when you're running on headphones.  The closer the source of the sound is to your eardrums, the more you need to reduce the volume to compensate simply because volume drops off at the square of the distance from the source!

In other words, if you move the source of the audio closer to your eardrums, it will effectively get louder because the distance is reduced.  This is partly mitigated by the fact that the speaker is smaller and less powerful as it is reduced in size - but this doesn't change the fact that you must adjust for this anyway!

Therefore, you are almost certainly using it at way too high a volume for earbuds.

Next, we have the issue of too high a volume and using Ultrasonic on earbuds.  You may not be getting tinnitus, but it's a good bet you are degrading your hearing by doing this, using earbuds, at this volume.  It may not becoe obvious right away, but it's a good bet you are, and eventually you'll pay for it.

So the solution is...

Either use the current volumes and don't use earbuds, or use earbuds and use a different format, or, if you absolutely must use earbuds and ultrasonic, then use the ocean surf track to set the volume to a comfortable level and then drop it by an additional notch and use that volume for US.