Snap Crackle and Pop in speakers
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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Printed Date: October 31, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Topic: Snap Crackle and Pop in speakers
Posted By: walty220
Subject: Snap Crackle and Pop in speakers
Date Posted: February 08, 2004 at 5:05 PM
I've had this problem solved for about 3 weeks,ever since i unplugged my antenna... or so I thought. Drivin along today and all the sudden my speakers start cracklin and poppin and all this. I've tried absolutely everything, i need suggestions, all and any.
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1983 Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds
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Pioneer Premier DEH-P360
KICKER K35 & K410 Speakers
KICKER KX150.4 Amplifier
Rockford Fosgate PUNCH 1200W Amplifier
Rockford Fosgate PUNCH 800W 12" HE2
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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: February 08, 2004 at 5:20 PM
These kinds of problems are usually caused by bad grounds or by faulty car ignition systems. If your amps are properly grounded, your HU is grounded to the chassis (and not to the car's electrical system) and your new antenna is properly grunded (meaning it has good metal-to-metal contact where it mounts to the car) then I would suspect you have noise from you car's ignition system. Does the sound change with the speed of the engine?
Posted By: walty220
Date Posted: February 08, 2004 at 5:22 PM
Its not a winding or anything like that,and its not consistant, would that eliminate ignition? All grounds are good, antennas unplugged from HU.
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1983 Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds
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Pioneer Premier DEH-P360
KICKER K35 & K410 Speakers
KICKER KX150.4 Amplifier
Rockford Fosgate PUNCH 1200W Amplifier
Rockford Fosgate PUNCH 800W 12" HE2
Posted By: customsuburb
Date Posted: February 08, 2004 at 5:25 PM
If you have your music up pretty loud it could just be your cd player's amp distorting.
Posted By: walty220
Date Posted: February 08, 2004 at 5:28 PM
music on vol 01 it does it, music on volume 00 doesnt do it.
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1983 Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds
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Pioneer Premier DEH-P360
KICKER K35 & K410 Speakers
KICKER KX150.4 Amplifier
Rockford Fosgate PUNCH 1200W Amplifier
Rockford Fosgate PUNCH 800W 12" HE2
Posted By: sparkie
Date Posted: February 08, 2004 at 6:45 PM
It may be a problem in your head unit. Most radio's actually mute the audio out when set a zero volume. You may have a bad solder connection inside the deck or a faulty transistor or capicitor. If the noise increases with engine RPM it could be ignition related. A popping or static noise is usually from the high voltage ignition system. A quick test to see if your ignition system is really bad is pull another vehicle along side yours and rev your engine. Listen to the other car's radio on FM with the engine off. If you hear noise on the other car then you have an ignition problem. The test isn't perfect, but it's only a quick check. Usually if the radio's ground is good and the battery's ground to the car body is good, ignition noise only occurs on FM. If the noise is a high pitch whine that increases with RPM, then it is usually alternator noise. If possible try another radio in place of yours as a test. Also ensure that your radio is grounded to the vehicle's chassis through a good ground wire of your own. The other thing yu can check is to try temporary new RCA cables run outside of the car.
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sparky
Posted By: customsuburb
Date Posted: February 08, 2004 at 6:51 PM
maybe its because its a pioneer head-unit.
Posted By: walty220
Date Posted: February 08, 2004 at 7:38 PM
the people who installed it tried a series of other headunits. cant be that. noise increases with nothing but volume,but not at the same rate,it gets slightly louder.
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1983 Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds
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Pioneer Premier DEH-P360
KICKER K35 & K410 Speakers
KICKER KX150.4 Amplifier
Rockford Fosgate PUNCH 1200W Amplifier
Rockford Fosgate PUNCH 800W 12" HE2
Posted By: superstreet786
Date Posted: March 24, 2004 at 10:39 PM
make sure your speakers arent grounding out
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---- 1996 Chevy S10 ----
1 Lightning Audio S2.600.2 Amp
2 Lightning Audio 12" Subs
1 Lightning Audio 1 Farad Cap
Posted By: Ravendarat
Date Posted: March 25, 2004 at 8:11 AM
To rule out ignition, just turn your key to accessory and turn the deck on. If it doesnt do it then but it does when you turn the car on Than it could very well be ignition. Have you had your spark plugs or wires changed lately. If you had a defect in a spark plug cable, even a pin hole, it can cause the same kind of interference you are discribing. I cant see it being a bad ground but I could very easily be a speaker grounding out like what superstreet said so I would check that out as well. Worst case scenario you could take it to a shop and pay a professional to fix the problem for you
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