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Speaker clipping or rattling but not straightforward

Zaki Ghul

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I have speakers with an active crossover. The drivers are crossed at 80hz to 1500hz. I run multiple source: TT, cassette, CD, MD, and google audio chromacast into a dac into aux and a firestick in a second aux input. I'm getting a rattle in my left driver at certain frequencies but only when streaming so both firestick and dac. I have been trying to replicate the issue with other sources but so far everything else plays fine.
Any insight would be appreciated.
 

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I have speakers with an active crossover. The drivers are crossed at 80hz to 1500hz. I run multiple source: TT, cassette, CD, MD, and google audio chromacast into a dac into aux and a firestick in a second aux input. I'm getting a rattle in my left driver at certain frequencies but only when streaming so both firestick and dac. I have been trying to replicate the issue with other sources but so far everything else plays fine.
Any insight would be appreciated.
Frequency sweep the speaker. Start down low and sweep up until you find any rattle in the driver. That way you can be sure it is or isn't the speaker.
https://onlinetonegenerator.com/frequency-sweep-generator.html
https://www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/
 
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