Hey, thanks for answering, I tested it and it's the subwoofer, what should I do?

Not really sure what you might do, but I suppose you have the option to leave the level down so it doesn't happen?

Since it is a 2.1 system, it is set up differently from 2.0 systems.  I know this because I have a set of external 2.1 speakers and systems I use them which do not show the subwoofer volume setting.  So the Realtek driver is picking up the circuitry for the subwoofer.

If the subwoofer output is derived from the stereo output, it may be the pops just happen to fit that filter in, I assume, some type of discriminator.  But whatever, all I can suggest is to try reinstalling the driver.  My system had the pops for a few hours one day but after I removed and replaced the driver, the pops and static stopped.

Jim may have a better answer for you.

I tried with different version of drivers but it didn't fix anything.

Who is Jim? How can I reach him?

Hello. I don't have any information about popping on the Inspiron 7567. The Inspiron 7559 was the only model I know about that we got a lot of posts about the popping. The problem in that model was that the Realtek power management kept turning off the speaker power, then making the noise whenever power returned to the speaker. The main solution was a specific Registry edit, but in later models Realtek removed the Registry key that was involved in the hack, so that solution cannot be applied to other models.

Another related solution was to turn off power management in the Dell Audio control, but I don't think that was available on later models either.

Here are the other things that some owners said to try -- don't know if any of this would apply to your model:

>> "What I did was: Control Panel>Hardware and Sound>Sound>Playback>Right click on Realtek>Properties> Level> and set the level of the internal sub woofers to 80%." -- posted by aphan97

>> "The...pop...noise gone off when I turned off the Maxxsense. Option 2, reduce the speaker & system volume to 50 with Maxxsense on. -- posted by JW81

>> "The solution is to turn down the subwoofer volume to about 6 or 7.  Next either disable the MAXXAUDIO enhancements, or play around with them until the popping goes away." -- posted by eggbert74

>> "I went into the Dell Audio software (type Dell Audio into the start menu) and disabled Maxxsense and that fixed it for me." -- posted by rapn3rd

>> "Go to the Enhancements tab of the Speaker properties and uncheck all boxes."

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In addition to what Jim mentions, you might be able to set up a preference with the Waves Equalizer to reduce bass frequency levels.

I do not know what Maxxsense is.

Hi, thanks for answering.

I tried to set the sub to 80% and disabled the maxxaudio enhancements, but neither of them worked.

The only solution I see is to set the sub to 0%, but the sound is just not good without it.

Also, is it bad for the sub to 'pop' frequently? If not, I may just leave it like this and let it 'pop'.

@Saltgrass  " do not know what Maxxsense is."

According to Waves it is "adaptive audio conditioning" that supposedly uses the mic to analyze the listening environment, then analyses your media content and automatically rides the audio volume in real time to match content to environment.

I would normally say it sounds like b.s. but I am a believer in some of Waves psychoacoustic magic so there might be something behind it. But not sure what it would have to do with pops. Maybe Waves had it pre-set to a high volume when the power came on instead of a low volume.