Help needed with Rattle in my floorstanding speakers.


Help and suggestions needed with a rattling noise in my speakers.

I was playing a song called fading sun by Terje Isungset and it has the deepest bass note I have ever heard and one of my floorstanding speakers had a very noticeable rattle that I can hear coming from the upper part of the cabinet with the lowest bass note of the track. Not sure why but what is your recommendation to locate and hopefully fix this rattle. Thank you!

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Without knowing what speaker it is, I would suggest removing the grilles (if any) before going further. Some grille frames are steel or aluminum and may very well cause an audible rattle if not secured against the speaker or if the frame came loose at a joint.

I don't know how Simon got in there but you need to get him out.

Perhaps change your floorstanders for smaller speakers he can't get into.

I don't know how Simon got in there but you need to get him out.

Perhaps you need to change the floorstanders for something smaller he can't get into.

That particular piece enlightened me to the fact that the voice coil in my Martin Logan ESL woofer was rubbing.  I had to get a replacement from them.  It stresses parts of the system and the room so aggressively that anything prone to rattling does.  Make sure the sound is coming from the loudspeaker first, then try tightening any screws around the drivers.  I don't think you have too many options around securing things within the cabinet.  Take solace in the fact that "Fading Sun" is an anomaly amongst the tunes that we generally listen to.