Fixing Corsair SP2200 Crackling

The corsair SP2200 are great speakers, but they have some sort of factory defect in which the left speakers start to exhibit a crackle after some time. I decided to open mine and check what was causing it.

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This fix is not confirmed yet to work on all cases, however, it does work for me.

As far as I know, I may be the only person to have attempted this fix and it may or may not be specific to my case/speaker.

Corsair has a great RMA service, and I recommend to talk to them. I only did this myself because I live in Panama and paying any kind of international shipping is cost-prohibitive.

I am not responsible for anything you do to your speakers.

Edit: Corsair seems to have discontinued this product, which makes this instructable even more important for those with crackly speakers than it was before.
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Step 1: Dissassembly

First of all, the problem causing the crackle in the speaker is not in the left speaker, but on the circuits hosted on the right circuit. This can be observed by the fact that the crackling is present on the headphone output.

First, remove the speaker dust cover on the right speaker. You will find underneath speaker cover four Phillip screws. Remove all four of them.

On the base of the right speaker, you will find two rubber strips. Underneath the one facing the front of the speaker, you will need to remove three more Phillip screws. After removing those three screws, pry open the speakers starting from the upper side. It will require a moderate force to pry it open, but as long as you did not miss any of the seven screws it will open without being damaged.

The knobs can also be removed at this point. They are held by a friction fit, just pull them straight out.