Harman/Kardon SoundSticks Wireless - Crack/Pop "sound" before music starts

Hello, first sorry for my english, it is not my native language.

I bought Harman/Kardon SoundSticks Wireless, that work very good with my 2015 iMac. But I find out one problem. When I am not playing any music or I am doing some work on my iMac (when speakers are idle) and suddenly I start some music, there is one annoying "CRACK" ("POP") before they start playing that music/sound.... When playing they’re fine, but that one "crack" after longer period of idle status of speakers makes me angry af.

Any help? Thanks!

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It's difficult to say where the static is coming from. However, in the Winter when it's very dry, static electricity is present in the air from our movement or other things. Your SoundSticks could also be picking up interference from somewhere else. The only thing I can suggest is to try moving them to a different location to test. Also, it may be a good idea to keep the sound volume very low or off and then turn up the volume when you start playing music.

This could be the sound of the wireless soundsticks "reconnecting" after not being used for a while. Test it (playing music and then not playing music) at first with a short gap of no music, then an increasingly longer gap between music and playing music again until you find the interval that causes the cracking/reconnecting noise.

chas_m said:

This could be the sound of the wireless soundsticks "reconnecting" after not being used for a while. Test it (playing music and then not playing music) at first with a short gap of no music, then an increasingly longer gap between music and playing music again until you find the interval that causes the cracking/reconnecting noise.

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Since they are Wireless that is a very good possibility. I think Chas might be onto something here.