Update (see the pipewire ticket linked in the OP):
Issue can be fixed by cleaning out interfering configuration from /etc/alsa/conf.d ensuring that Alsa client directly use Pipewire instead of Pulse.
Update (see the pipewire ticket linked in the OP):
Issue can be fixed by cleaning out interfering configuration from /etc/alsa/conf.d ensuring that Alsa client directly use Pipewire instead of Pulse.