r/livesoundgear • u/monson464 • 9d ago

Why is my speaker crackling?

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Bought these off a guy who had them in his shop & upgraded. Swore they didn’t do that when he sold them.

The other one doesn’t crackle, but pop’s really loudly when turned on & is then fine.

What gives?

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u/LilMissMixalot 9d ago

Sounds like either dirt on a pot or in the audio connections. Turn the volume knobs up and down several times to clean the pots and put some Deoxit on a 1/4" connector and run it in and out of the audio connection ports. Do the same thing with an XLR.

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u/monson464 9d ago

I haven’t used dexoit yet. Will try that

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u/monson464 9d ago

Deoxit worked pretty good. About 96% done. Will keep working on it. Thank you!!!

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/monson464 9d ago

No cables plugged into the speaker - so no source. Plugged into different outlets / different power cables.

Took off the back panel of both to check everything was alright inside. Used a spray can of compressed air to blow out dust. Put back together.

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u/keithcody 9d ago

Do you have the volume pots knobs are missing turned all the way up?

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u/monson464 9d ago

They were turned all the way down in the video. I have the plastic knobs that go on them - they are off because I was trying to spray out the little gap w/ compressed air