Macbook Pro 13-inch 2020 speakers crackling and distorting sound

Hi I can reproduce it ... try spark Ar it’s a free software to create facefilter when I run a empty project the crackeking starts directly starts and when I render in blender scene at some point the same ...

i am also having a super loud fan touching the cover ... and I can tell it’s because the laptop bends ... After 15 years of Apple love I slowly wanna break up ...

But @Mac-user-UK are you able to reproduce the issue consistently?

If so, could you share the steps to reproduce it?

My sound issue also started about a week after getting it. Does not happen all the time, but on several occasions, after watching something for a bit, the sound suddenly corrupts, and then stays that way till I restart. Planning to callback today to arrange an exchange. Fingers crossed the next one doesn't have the same problem.

Hi, I have same issue, same model: MacBook Pro 13 2020. I think is related with heat! When I compile my iOS App and machine burn the issue happens. I notice now, the issue started, my machine was about 90 degrees... I close all programs and sound back to normal!

I have noticed that it happens when the machine is under load, running a lot applications/tasks all at once.

Closing some of the applications does help, but not always viable/works.

From my experience, restarting fixes it, as does the command line.

Lets hope Big Sur fixes this issue!

same problem and in my case i found out that the crackles happen when i use sparkAr software or other 3d stuff like blender and when i render or use cycles ... also i can hear my drive or fan sooo loud always wanna give back this

I have Mac Pro 13 inch 2020 with Touch Bar, I have same problem too. It appears to be a design issue. It is bothering me as it crackles more often and my laptop is less than 3 months old. The problem started within a month. I took it for repair at apple store, they had the laptop for a day and said couldn't replicate it but lot of us have the same issue.

I still have this problem reappearing.

I also found another thread with similar issue: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7772834?login=true

Same problem here.

From the other instances in this thread, seems certain to be a software problem and - from reports of it getting worse or being more likely to occur when the machine is being taxed - my money would be on a memory leak somewhere in the audio drivers.

Question for everyone here -- I recently retired my 2012 -- logic board went faulty -- just a thought but I noticed this happens more frequently when I have my third party USB-C to ethernet adapter plugged in (need it for online grad school). Is anyone also using USB-C adaptors when they notice their issue?/had resolution from maybe disconnecting the adaptors? (p.s. I hate the new MBs I heard they're bringing back individual ports with the next model)

Yep, stopping and restarting core audio seems to have fixed it for me--at least temporarily.

Are you able to reproduce the issue consistently?

We need to find a way to reproduce it so that the engineering team can fix it.

This is certainly a software issue, the thing is that if Apple engineers can't reproduce it, it will most likely never get fixed, unless it starts to be a widespread issue.

I'm having the same problem and have also only owned my Macbook Pro 13-inch 2020 for a few weeks. I've noticed the crackling occurring when watching Netflix and Youtube. Did you manage to resolve the issue?