Why do speakers sound?
From time to time it can happen that loudspeakers make a sound. This applies to loudspeakers in headphones as well as floorstanding loudspeakers. If you can rule out that the loudspeakers are defective, you should find the cause and take appropriate action.
The sound of the loudspeakers can express itself in different ways
- Actually, the purpose of a loudspeaker is to create sound. However, the sound should be clear and free from background noise. If loudspeakers make a loud noise, creak, clink or rattle, you should first rule out that the loudspeaker is defective. To do this, you need to take it apart. Open the case and remove the speaker so that you can examine it. If it rattles inside or if a membrane is torn or bent, you have found the cause of the noise. You should replace the speaker.
- If you cannot identify a defect, you should check whether the performance of the loudspeaker is insufficient. This is often the case with inexpensive headphones and computer speakers. These are very small and not very powerful. If you have the music too loud, noise can occur. The remedy is to not hear the music that loud in speakers that are not as high quality.
You can set up free-standing speakers at a different location
- If your floor-standing speakers are ringing or making other atypical noises and you can rule out overloading, it sometimes helps if you set them up in a different location. In the ideal case, a loudspeaker box stands free in the room, without any reference to a cabinet or other piece of furniture. You can also hang small boxes on the wall. You should use suitable brackets for this. A correctly set up loudspeaker box that matches the output device in terms of its performance will not make a sound, but rather emit a clear and full sound.
- Relocate your boxes if you want to minimize the noise. This often has a very good effect.
Check the sound settings
- Whether floor-standing speakers, headphones or PC speakers: the sound is often a question of the sound settings. Perhaps you set a surround sound or a sound with reverb when you last used the speakers or headphones on the device?
- Set a neutral sound and see if this minimizes the noise. Special settings can sometimes change, distort or alienate the sound considerably. Sometimes this is desired. In order to rule out a defect in the loudspeakers, you should switch off all tones.
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If your loudspeakers are defective, you will have to replace them. As a rule, loudspeaker boxes cannot be repaired or can only be repaired with a great deal of effort. The cause of an unnatural sound can always be a defect.
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