Razer Blade Stealth 2019 speaker distortion

I bought the middle tier Razer Blade Stealth about 1 month ago. I'm familiar with how to update drivers and made sure everything on my stealth was up to date. Most applicable being the Realtek drivers which I uninstalled and reinstalled to make sure I was completely up to date. The speakers on the stealth continue to be distorted. It seems to be only the left speaker but regardless of how high or low I put the volume, there is this very noticeable distortion, almost like a tinny vibration. I can't watch any videos without being completely put off by this noise, which nearly matches the loudness of the video. Any suggestions on how to fix on the software side? or might it be a hardware issue?