Sony MDR-7506 wired into a Focusrite dac; the tried and true pair that radio stations across the world have used for years and years.

Someone else ITT suggested gpu pass through, but I haven’t given that a go. Otherwise yes looks like the only option is rebooting into the windows partition.

Nah. I’m on Mastodon. If they use AcitivtyPub and are accessible, all well and good. But I’m done with the corporate ad-supported web if at all possible, and there is literally no way Meta/Facebook won’t try to leverage people’s posts/information for advertising.