I noticed that my subwoofer would crackle and pop during games that have some deep bass in the background for atmosphere, and I tried everything to fix it. I unplugged, replugged all the cables, made sure they were tight, set the computer audio to 10% and adjust only the speaker audio, and I fiddles with my Soundblaster ZX settings a bit. To be specific, these are the soundblaster settings.
SBX Pro Studio Tab
-Surround slider all the way (Even though I only have 5.1, I saw no harm in this)
-Crystalizer slider all the way
-Smart volume at normal preset at 75% of slider
-Dialog Plus slider at 50%
Speakers/Headphones Tab
-Speakers set to 5.1 surround
-All checkboxes checked (just saying that I have all the satellite speakers)
-Bass redirection with crossover frequency at 250
-Subwoofer gain on
-DTS Connest encoder
-An equalizer I made that has 31 Hz at +4 dB, and scaling down linearly to 16K Hz at -4 dB, and Level at 0 dB.
I have done extensive testing, and I found out how to recreate the issue. The crackling/popping only happens on my subwoofer, at a specific frequency range. It seems that at 110-130, especially at 120 Hz, it will crackle and pop. I do not know why, nor do I know how to fix. These are new speakers, got them for christmas, so they were not used before hand. Does anyone have any ideas?
SBX Pro Studio Tab
-Surround slider all the way (Even though I only have 5.1, I saw no harm in this)
-Crystalizer slider all the way
-Smart volume at normal preset at 75% of slider
-Dialog Plus slider at 50%
Speakers/Headphones Tab
-Speakers set to 5.1 surround
-All checkboxes checked (just saying that I have all the satellite speakers)
-Bass redirection with crossover frequency at 250
-Subwoofer gain on
-DTS Connest encoder
-An equalizer I made that has 31 Hz at +4 dB, and scaling down linearly to 16K Hz at -4 dB, and Level at 0 dB.
I have done extensive testing, and I found out how to recreate the issue. The crackling/popping only happens on my subwoofer, at a specific frequency range. It seems that at 110-130, especially at 120 Hz, it will crackle and pop. I do not know why, nor do I know how to fix. These are new speakers, got them for christmas, so they were not used before hand. Does anyone have any ideas?