When using ubuntu 20.04 i notice that when not playing any sound over external speakers i have constant long beep.
i check pulseaudio logs and i notice when the pulseaudio going in to suspend this noise / beep start.
systemctl --user stop pulseaudio.socket
systemctl --user stop pulseaudio.service
pulseaudio -v
solution is to comment the line
load-module module-suspend-on-idle
in file
/etc/pulse/default.pa
then restart pulse audio
systemctl --user restart pulseaudio.service