Mysterious Crackling in Vantage

[HopelessDFilms]

I have been using a system of Vantages, Krell Sacd Player, and Krell Pre/Amp 400xi. The left channel speaker has a mysterious crackling that show up and disappears out of nowhere. I first wondered that the cabling could be the issue! Since everyone fears the issue of damage of a speaker. SO I switch the channels and no crackle in the other speaker.

The other thing to note is that crackling is experienced at medium to moderate volumes, nothing crazy.

On a side note, because of the nature of the Logans, what are the symptoms of a 'blown' panel....since they are not the traditional biology of a cone, i'm not sure of what symptoms to listen for.... Will stat panels have the same effect if driven too hard of a cone type speaker?

Thanks for the help.

 

[aerius007]

I am not sure but could it be they are dusty? Search here for ways to clean the panels.

 

[benleeys]

Yeah, very good possibility of dust between the film and the stators. Quite normal with stats speakers. I've had it before on my Summits. Usually its just a small spot that is buzzing. Just vacuum the offending panel, especially the particular spot - both front and back. By the way, don't forget to unplug the speaker for a day or so to allow the charge to dissipate before vacumming. Else the dust won't come off easy.

 

[HopelessDFilms]

spring cleaning

thanks for the tips, i will try to give it a good cleaning and see if that helps... hopefully that is all that is wrong, its never a good thing to happen or hear...

 

[Pcar928fan]

thanks for the tips, i will try to give it a good cleaning and see if that helps... hopefully that is all that is wrong, its never a good thing to happen or hear...

One of my Ascent was doing that the other day...at first I thought it might be the transformer going out but decided to just relax, let it dissapate the charge and vacuum it first, THEN see what was up... Worked like a charm!