iMac to start speaker crackles

Hello
I have an imac 21.5 "mid 2011 with OS 10.11.3
is a few months to start the iMac, the speakers make a Crackle noise. It seems like an electrical interference independent of the volume of the speaker.

I'd like to understand what depends on it and how to fix it.

Thank you

Gianluca

Hello Karnhack,

Thank you for using communities Support from Apple!

I understand that you hear crackling sounds like possible interferences during start up your Mac. Did you just hear that noise at startup?

It is possible that this could be a sort of interference, but I would say that resetting the NVRAM on your Mac as a troubleshooting step.

How to reset the NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

See you soon!

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