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<blockquote data-quote="Arik Semagin" data-source="post: 115340" data-attributes="member: 5072">Re: X32 v2 RTAHad a nasty crackling sound/pops/loss of audio last night. Happened a few times, in 3 to 10 min intervals in between. I dig into forums, something like that was discussed about a year and a half ago, but nothing really suggested, just a bunch of different opinions why it may happen. Most suggest going with shielded CAT5 and Etherconns.Symptoms: Screen is shaking without going fully blank or dark prior to either complete loss of audio for 1-2 sec, or loud pop first, similar to snare drum sound, then loss of audio. Sometimes even on breaks with no sound in the system (except for background noise from mics).Conditions: One S16, 300 feet unshielded CAT5e with regular connectors (not Etherconns)Wooden rack with only S16 and Driverack PA+ sitting on top of it, both plugged into the same power strip via standard 3-prong power cords.Commercial building (church), I checked both power outlets (feeding mixer and stagebox respectively), grounding is OK.My first guess was a loss of sync in that near-limit long CAT5 cable, but no way to check for that. Could also be a static charge build-up.Any new ideas on that crackling noise/loss of audio problem? What are the solutions that worked?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arik Semagin, post: 115340, member: 5072"] Re: X32 v2 RTA Had a nasty crackling sound/pops/loss of audio last night. Happened a few times, in 3 to 10 min intervals in between. I dig into forums, something like that was discussed about a year and a half ago, but nothing really suggested, just a bunch of different opinions why it may happen. Most suggest going with shielded CAT5 and Etherconns. [B]Symptoms: [/B]Screen is shaking without going fully blank or dark prior to either complete loss of audio for 1-2 sec, or loud pop first, similar to snare drum sound, then loss of audio. Sometimes even on breaks with no sound in the system (except for background noise from mics). [B]Conditions: [/B]One S16, 300 feet unshielded CAT5e with regular connectors (not Etherconns) Wooden rack with only S16 and Driverack PA+ sitting on top of it, both plugged into the same power strip via standard 3-prong power cords. Commercial building (church), I checked both power outlets (feeding mixer and stagebox respectively), grounding is OK. My first guess was a loss of sync in that near-limit long CAT5 cable, but no way to check for that. Could also be a static charge build-up. Any new ideas on that crackling noise/loss of audio problem? What are the solutions that worked? [/QUOTE]

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