You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

vyshnav240 Author

Level 1

4 points

Right speaker sounds muffled after a brief crackle.

I recently unplugged my headphones (almost always plugged in) and decided to play a video. As soon as I hit play the speakers made a loud crackling noise and the right speaker sounds more muffled than the left. I tried to compare the speakers by playing a track on mono and moving the slider in audio preferences and I can confirm the right speaker is muffled compared to the left. Is this a software issue / bug or is the speaker damaged in any way.

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Jan 30, 2021 7:11 AM

Top-ranking reply

HWTech

Level 9

60,164 points

Posted on Jan 30, 2021 8:03 PM

It sounds like the speakers (at least the right one) had gone bad. You will need to have the laptop repaired.

View in context

Right speaker sounds muffled after a brief crackle.

Similar questions