jefnel1 Posted August 23, 2001 Share Posted August 23, 2001 I am wondering if anyone else has noticed this annoyance with their RF-3's. On certain DVD movies, and with some music CD's, I hear annoying pops, clicks, and snaps coming from my right RF-3. This has just started to happen in the last 4 months, and the speakers are less than 1 year old. At first, I thought it was the media, because I could reproduce the problem by watching the Stargate DVD at the "Going Through" scene. However, I noticed the pops and clicks occurring with a brand new music CD I purchased last week. Anyone have any ideas? The speakers are bi-wired with 16 ga. speaker wire. ------------------ A/V System: Pioneer Elite VSX-36TX Philips CDR-765 Sony CDP-CE345 Sony SLV-N60 Sony DVP-S530D Toshiba TN61X81 HDTV Klipsch RF-3 Mains Klipsch RC-3 Center Klipsch RS-3 Surrounds BA PV-600 Sub Monster Cable Interconnects Monster Power HTS2000 http://www.jefnel1.com/hometheater/ht.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrPyro Posted August 23, 2001 Share Posted August 23, 2001 I have also notice the "snaps" & "Pops" (not the Rice Crispy kind) However, its not when i play DVDs (exactly). The noise occurs sometimes when i fast forward a DVD and then hit play....It takes a few seconds for the system to retrack the audio track. I will listen to stargate tonight to check your problem -DrPyro ------------------ Receiver: Denon AVR-3801 DVD: Denon DVD-1000 Front: RF-3's Rear: RS-3's Center: RC-3 SubW: KSW-12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilH Posted August 24, 2001 Share Posted August 24, 2001 jefnel1: The first test is to switch the right speaker with the left and see if the noises follow the speaker or not. Let us know. PhilH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulE Posted August 24, 2001 Share Posted August 24, 2001 Also, see if you get it while listening to you tuner as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BobG Posted August 24, 2001 Share Posted August 24, 2001 The noises when cueing a disc are the player trying to relock onto the digital bitstream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted August 24, 2001 Share Posted August 24, 2001 I've heard cracks and pops on other speakers when playing CDs with infrasonics. It may be amp overloading or the woofer bottoming out in my case. So, I'd wonder whether it is really the tweeter. But, of course further diagnosis are certainly in order. Gil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefnel1 Posted August 27, 2001 Author Share Posted August 27, 2001 Thanks for all the replies. I appreciate the input. I am starting to believe that it is in fact the media causing the pops and snaps. It always happens in the same spot on certain DVDs (1 or 2), and CDs (2 or 3). I was wondering if it was the frequency response of the tweeter in the RF-3. Maybe it's time to upgrade to RF-7s if the frequency response is higher... ------------------ A/V System: Pioneer Elite VSX-36TX Philips CDR-765 Sony CDP-CE345 Sony SLV-N60 Sony DVP-S530D Toshiba TN61X81 HDTV Klipsch RF-3 Mains Klipsch RC-3 Center Klipsch RS-3 Surrounds BA PV-600 Sub Monster Cable Interconnects Monster Power HTS2000 http://www.jefnel1.com/hometheater/ht.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BobG Posted August 28, 2001 Share Posted August 28, 2001 You'll probably really like the RF-7's but changing to them will not cure the pops and clicks. It is not a speaker issue, but rather the signal being sent to the speakers. Try listening with headphones to confirm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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