A strange “snap“ or “popping” sound keeps interrupting our music


We have good equipment, all digital (streaming to DAC to amp to speakers) but we experience a strange snapping sound as though some energy is built up, then released.  Has anyone else’s experienced this?   Could it have something to do with grounding, or inadequate grounding?

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Showing 2 responses by carlsbad2

You didn't say what type amp.  This is a common bad tube sysmtom.

It is easy to delete your duplicate post, But I forget how.  Someone will help.

Hook your TV or some other analog source up (or swap out DACs if you have a half dozen of them laying around like some of us do) to get your DAC out of the path and see if the problem goes away.

Jerry