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Especially if its low quality/congested, even when its just a high note or a midish low note. It happens during live performances too but never when I am not listening to music or speakers or a live concert.

Spasms or twitching of the muscle that controls the tension of the eardrum can cause that sort of sound. So can other reasons. Like changes in blood flow. And other reasons.

How do you know that? Is there something I can read about this? It only happens in my left ear and I can replicate it easily with specific tracks that induce it. Also, do you personally have it?

I do occasionally hear my eardrum sort of crinkle. Like a planar headphone driver changing pressure. It can be a muscle contraction around the eardrum. Or other reasons. If you google eardrum spams you'll find pages that say it can be a form of tinnitus if it makes a buzzing type sound. Or it can just crinkle once and be done.
https://www.healthline.com/health/eardrum-spasm

I see, do you also get it at sortof specific type of tracks/parts? I don't always get it, usually only when it's very congested or very resonant.

I sometimes get a drumming sound in my ear and it goes away if I focus on just completely relaxing that whole side of my face/jaw. I’ve read various things online like take magnesium, etc.. but I haven’t tried it.

Could it be some mucus behind the eardrum in the eustachian tube? Does that ear make a light pop sound when swallowing or yawning or altitude change? If so, lots of water or a mucus thinning pill may help.

I would suggest seeing a doctor about this just to make sure it is not the beginning of tinnitus or hyperacusis. Just in case. There are other things it could be. For me the crinkling sound I hear is due to allergies and fluid in the sinuses and surrounding areas. I can sometimes hear the fluid move when muscles contract. Allergy meds help control that. I also have slight tinnitus so I do read up about it.

just curious @Hammy, what did your doctor do about your tinnitus?

The main advice with tinnitus is to not make it worse. Try to make it better. But it is not going to be cured. Do things to make it less of an issue. Mine hasn't gotten worse. It's low level. There is not much to be done to actually cure it.

One way to try to not make it worse is to choose medications that are not ototoxic (ototoxic medications are meds that can trigger tinnitus). So the doc suggested allergy meds that were not ototoxic. Ask your doctor about what drugs are ototoxic. Doing a google search now will take you to a list of SEO shit lists of garbage. Ask your doctor rather than google.

Unfortunately alcohol and caffeine and some other now legal recreationally drugs are going to also be on the list of ototoxic substances. f**k that. I drink beer and coffee. I ain't giving those up. Hopefully your tinnitus, if you have it, isn't so bad that you have to give up alcohol, caffeine, and THC.

And f**k Google search and even duckduckgo. Internet search has become a cesspool. A couple years ago I was able to find a good list of ototoxic drugs very easily. Now I can't find it.

You just have to add “Please” at the end of your search. Google is a stickler for manners.