Newbie. Popping in mix

[uglycustoomer]

I have a Martin Logan MLT-2 5.1 going into an Onkyo NR-509 and then into a surge protector.

I noticed for the first time yesterday some static/light popping when i played music through my ipod. On front of the receiver is a USB port that i can plug my ipod cable into.

Now, i did a test and on regular TV and didn't hear any popping/static. I also enabled the Pandora stream that is built into the receiver and didn't hear anything. Seems to only happen with the ipod.

Any ideas? i jiggled the ipod cable around but it didn't provoke the poppyness.

When i was attaching the speakers to the receiver, i made sure that the copper ends were not touching the receiver. I flared them up as i heard that if the ends do touch the receiver it may cause popping.

Side note, when stripping the cables, does it matter if some of the copper is showing or should it be just enough to fasten the cable to the receiver/speakers?

Thanks!

 

[TLS Guy]

I have a Martin Logan MLT-2 5.1 going into an Onkyo NR-509 and then into a surge protector.

I noticed for the first time yesterday some static/light popping when i played music through my ipod. On front of the receiver is a USB port that i can plug my ipod cable into.

Now, i did a test and on regular TV and didn't hear any popping/static. I also enabled the Pandora stream that is built into the receiver and didn't hear anything. Seems to only happen with the ipod.

Any ideas? i jiggled the ipod cable around but it didn't provoke the poppyness.

When i was attaching the speakers to the receiver, i made sure that the copper ends were not touching the receiver. I flared them up as i heard that if the ends do touch the receiver it may cause popping.

Side note, when stripping the cables, does it matter if some of the copper is showing or should it be just enough to fasten the cable to the receiver/speakers?

Thanks!

I'd say your ipod has a hard drive problem. You are describing the classic symptoms of lost data, exceeding the capacity of the buffer and error correction.

 

[Adam]

I'd say your ipod has a hard drive problem. You are describing the classic symptoms of lost data, exceeding the capacity of the buffer and error correction.

To the OP - do you notice popping when you listen to your iPod through headphones, or through any other iPod dock (if you've tried one)?

 

[uglycustoomer]

it's an iphone so the HD is SSD. I only here it when i use the USB cable. I don't hear it through the headphones at all.

 

[agarwalro]

Don't hear it through headphones and don't hear it on other AVR inputs could mean a faulty cable (your cable giggle test not withstanding ).

I'd say, get another cable. They are cheap and available everywhere and it doesn't hurt to have a spare. You can even borrow one.

Could even be in the track mix given the crap that passes for music these days.