Ah, the joys of streaming!
Loud 'crack' before song plays
I have a pair of Magnepan MMG's and a Magnepan bass panel connected to a pair of Emotiva mono blocks and an Emotiva DAC.
I have a Blusound Node to stream music from Tidal.
The issue I am having is that before a song I select starts playing there is an extremely loud cracking noise, much like the crack of a whip. Sometimes it is more like a popping noise.
If I play an entire album, the noise only occurs before the very first song and not on subsequent songs.
However, if I play the "Related artists radio", the noise will occur before each song.
It is very distracting and annoying.
I have been told it is some kind of "handshake process" between the components.
Can anyone tell me what this noise is and is it possible to eliminate it?
Thanks!