Extremely loud static bleep noise sound from Lossless tracks in Apple Music

Since Lossless was introduced, every so often I'll get this incredibly loud (quite scary) high-pitched static noise that lasts for about a second. This only seems to happen at the start of tracks. I've removed downloads and have turned Lossless off in my Apple Music Mac preferences, but it still seems to be happening. It's like I can't download the original AAC (non-Lossless, non-Dolby) tracks anymore!? I use Apple Music every single day and this has never happened; it's extremely off-putting and needs to be fixed immediately. I don't really care much for Lossless nor Dolby Atmos, I just want to be able to listen to music without worrying about this insanely loud bleep noise.


It occurs while listening using my MBP speakers (built-in) AND also external speakers connected via aux to a monitor. So the problem isn't unique to the audio output. It seems like its a bug that needs to be ironed out in a new update.

Posted on Jun 24, 2021 4:34 AM

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Posted on Jun 29, 2021 5:10 PM

Good news – I found the solution on another forum post. Go into Music>Preferences>Playback and turn OFF Sound Enhancer. Haven't had an issue since unticking this box!

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Oct 10, 2021 2:48 PM in response to Edward21King

Loud buzzing is still occurring, and more often now, as of Oct 10, 2021. This is a health danger for users and needs Apple's immediate attention. I have turned off Enhanced in my preferences, but I would suggest Apple needs to turn this off for all users and post a hearing danger notice until it is fixed. If it continues, I'm going to switch to another service. No excuse for this going on so long.

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