Headset with chat mix not initializing properly

I love how Bazzite automatically handles the audio "Profile" of my Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless; it runs as "Chat Output + Game Output + Chat Input". When my machine first starts, however, I am not getting any output on the "Arctis Pro Wireless Game" playback device. Doing the following will re-enable the output again:
Switch to other default playback device > Switch Arctis Pro Wireless Game profile to "Off", and then back to "Chat Output + Game Output + Chat Input" > Switch default playback device back to Arctis Pro Wireless Game.
This does NOT work if I keep Arctis Pro Wireless Game as my default playpack device when switching the profile (and Bazzite switches my default playback device back to it again when I re-enable it from "Off"). Sometimes it also takes a few tries.
This might be something wonky with this headset specifically, or just headsets with different audio channels for chat and game in general.
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