Thank you @mjc for your reply. The output of the command you recommended above is posted below. It indicates alsa is used I believe, but I am quite unsure how to troubleshoot it. You are correct in the sense that wireplumber was updated recently in Arch by removing the pipewire I am pretty sure. It is a good lead but again not sure how to follow it through.
Server String: /run/user/1000/pulse/native
Library Protocol Version: 35
Server Protocol Version: 35
Is Local: yes
Client Index: 5
Tile Size: 65472
User Name: user
Host Name: framework-laptop
Server Name: pulseaudio
Server Version: 15.0
Default Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Default Sink: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo
Default Source: alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo
Cookie: 0b64:52eb
Also tried this if it would help:
$ pw-cli list-objects Device
id 39, type PipeWire:Interface:Device/3
object.serial = "39"
factory.id = "14"
client.id = "33"
device.api = "v4l2"
device.description = "Laptop Camera"
device.name = "v4l2_device.pci-0000_00_14.0-usb-0_7_1.0"
media.class = "Video/Device"
id 40, type PipeWire:Interface:Device/3
object.serial = "40"
factory.id = "14"
client.id = "33"
device.api = "v4l2"
device.description = "Laptop Camera"
device.name = "v4l2_device.pci-0000_00_14.0-usb-0_7_1.0.2"
media.class = "Video/Device"
id 51, type PipeWire:Interface:Device/3
object.serial = "70"
factory.id = "14"
client.id = "33"
device.api = "alsa"
device.description = "Built-in Audio"
device.name = "alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1f.3"
device.nick = "HDA Intel PCH"
media.class = "Audio/Device"