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gsingham

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Oct 20, 2013
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I'm not too impressed by the speakers to be honest. Every song bought from iTunes seems to crackle despite even equaliser being off. I moved from a 2011 iMac to a macbook retina 13" and I was hoping the sound of the new improved 2012 onwards mac would be adequate but it crackles more than even that of a macbook.

Could something be wrong with my iMac or do u guys experience crackling during music playback on vocal and bass?
 
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jbuk1

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Oct 24, 2014
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gsingham said:
I'm not too impressed by the speakers to be honest. Every song bought from iTunes seems to crackle despite even equaliser being off. I moved from a 2011 iMac to a macbook retina 13" and I was hoping the sound of the new improved 2012 onwards mac would be adequate but it crackles more than even that of a macbook.

Could something be wrong with my iMac or do u guys experience crackling during music playback on vocal and bass?
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Can you do a recording because I'm not sure what you mean by crackling?
 
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tillsbury

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Dec 24, 2007
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They certainly shouldn't crackle. I am about to order some new really nice speakers for my new iMac, but I am surprised how good the standard ones are. Not hi-fi by any means, but perfectly acceptable for in-built speakers.
 
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inhalexhale1

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Jul 17, 2011
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gsingham said:
I'm not too impressed by the speakers to be honest. Every song bought from iTunes seems to crackle despite even equaliser being off. I moved from a 2011 iMac to a macbook retina 13" and I was hoping the sound of the new improved 2012 onwards mac would be adequate but it crackles more than even that of a macbook.

Could something be wrong with my iMac or do u guys experience crackling during music playback on vocal and bass?
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No, the speakers shouldn't been distorting/crackling on playback. I would exchange it.
 
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5iMacs

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Oct 25, 2014
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The speakers are a definite upgrade from the 2009-2011 era. That said, deep bass is average, maybe $100-150 level of desktop speakers, quite pleasing in terms of distortion/imaging/highs, but not at all flat: pronounced upper bass emphasis
 
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