There is a cracking/popping sound when I play music/video using the mbp speakers, and jump to next song/video

Hi to everibody,

i solved this issue in this way:

go to settings > audio setting > audio in > down volume to zero.

Thats it, to me it worked very well no more popping issue, i think it's related to static electricity, or something else that take control of mic, need more investigation on it!

Thanks and enjoy

Hi to everibody,

i solved this issue in this way:

go to settings > audio setting > audio in > down volume to zero.

Thats it, to me it worked very well no more popping issue, i think it's related to static electricity, or something else that take control of mic, need more investigation on it!

Thanks and enjoy

For clarity, 10.15.2 is NOT the solution for the problem I am experiencing. Major noise and popping during playback using my DAW, especially with MIDI. 2019 16" MBP, 2.4 GHz, 8-Core Processor with 32 GB DDR4

Krantzology wrote:

For clarity, 10.15.2 is NOT the solution for the problem I am experiencing. Major noise and popping during playback using my DAW, especially with MIDI. 2019 16" MBP, 2.4 GHz, 8-Core Processor with 32 GB DDR4

this sounds like a different issue. I'd suggest to open up a new topic.

just to repeat it because it might easily be over-read:

here 10.15.2 didn't help with the issue - the plops just sound a little different.

It helped setting the Audio-samplerate to 96 kHz in the Audio-Midi-Settings App.

10.15.2 solved the issue for me for a few days but today the problem of popping sounds when scrubbing videos is back. Apple need to get on with this issue and fix it. We spend way too much money on their products and deserve properly working products. Not asking for perfection....

Hi thanks for suggestion and that’s what Apple support told me however I have specific scenario that is repeatable every time on my machine even after wiping it clean. If someone can try this to confirm if is happening as well:

1. Launch YouTube on Safari

2. Please play this SPECIFIC song (during first 30 sec): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5Zay_Hd_7Q

3. Minimize Safari

4. CMND + Tab to scroll through apps try having Mail or Photos open

5. While Safari is minimized and app switcher is hovering over Mail or Photos , g over Safari icon and hit CMND + Q to quit (must be from app switcher).

6. You will hear a popping sound.

The issue for me an only affects the rear left side speaker/output -- it is a volume related rattle. I wonder if something loose is inside -- I have tried various media and playback options both in OS (and played through Parallels Window 10 ) the same issue continues. I am running 10.15.2

Sad to have to report I'm having this issue as well with my already replaced MBP. The first one had an issue with the screen (glitches) and was replaced as DOA. had to wait two weeks, now my new one arrived and I'm having issues with the sound :/ I really hope it's a software things as I don't want to go and replace it again ! I

You can hear it very well in Apple Music, but in any other program as well. Here is the video I made of it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcUo_dNsM-k

I already updated to 10.15.2 and all proposed solutions (ex change it to 96 Hz or mute the input sound) do not work.

I'm quite sure that this is a tech/design-issue with the speakers

when you skip through a sound it's very likely that you do this while a waveform is not at zero-crossing.

It's normal that you get clicks then. If this happens at certain frequencies the speaker are resonating stronger the click gets louder.

This should be fixable with the software or even the audio-driver by doing some very short fades when skipping.

I'm not quite sure why it goes completely away at 96 kHz and why this doesn't work for you.

Talked to apple support. Need to bring it in again. Second time :( I don’t want to do it as it’s not that close from home and need to get productive soon :)

what weird is: I recorded some music from Apple Music with QuickTime. The same song which I played when recording the example video. When I play that music clip through QuickTime I don’t have any issues.

No they didn’t. They just did their standard checks (I even had to boot in safe mode to see if the cracking happened there and in safe mode the sound drivers are disabled). Looked to me as well as their shift was over and the support guy wanted to go home. So for the support, no thinking out of the box there.

It seems to me the issue happens mainly in Apple Music as the music starts and stops immediately when pressing the buttons. In Spotify I don’t have the issue but there is a small delay after play, stop or skipping actions.

So I think the root cause is a hw issue (maybe it’s just normal behavior like @verstaerker2 mentioned ), but with smart programming it can be hidden.

yes I did try $8 and 96kHz and it still does and no I don't mix my productions on the internal speakers obviously. But when you spend 6 odd K on a computer it should not make a very loud pop every time you stop the music. it sounds offensive like there is something really wrong with it. you get what you pay for and paid a lot so I don't expect crap like this

I don’t know about the audio quality I’m not an audiophile but it removes the popping for me which was frustrating. I normally have my headphones on with my laptop . If others confirm this solution works I’ll Make a post describing it better

Does the cracking continue when other sounds are played?

Because it is constant on mine -- I had a similar issue on my hi-fi a few years ago when we discovered that a tweeter in the front left speaker had developed a rattle. We ended up having to replace the tweeter.

Give the depth and extent of coverage on the issue of Crackling from the speakers on the bran new 16"MBP - I am surprised that there has been NO OFFICIAL COMMENT from APPLE --- perhaps they are working up to a product recall/hardware fix 2 months in.