How To Fix Rattling Sound From Headphone Drivers/Speakers

If you own a pair of headphones and they make a rattling sound when you use them, this sound can become a problem because it destroys the sound quality, especially if you are a pure audiophile. You might be thinking right now that your headphones are faulty, but the reason why you hear the rattle sound is because tiny hairs have got onto the drivers from everyday use. So when you play music with lots of low bass frequencies loudly through the headphones, the drivers rapidly move up and down and vibrate the hairs. The hairs that are vibrating, cause a rattling sound to be heard to your ears, when you are listening to your music. Usually removing the hairs from the driver that rattles, gets rid of this particular problem, but if it doesn't resolve it, then the drivers is blown out and need replacing with a new one. You can get replacement drivers from the headphone manufacturer, so contact them to find how you can get your hands on some.

1) The best tool to use to remove the trapped hairs from the headphone driver that rattles is using a low powered vacuum cleaner. This will suck up all the tiny hairs found on top of the driver and other dirt particles lying around. Make sure the vacuum cleaner is not high powered because it can cause damaged to the diaphragm and voice coil because of too much suction power! 

2) Prepare the vacuum cleaner, by attaching the small nozzle attachment onto the pipe. Then plug the vacuum cleaner into a wall socket and switch it on. 

3) You can directly see the headphones driver if you look into the leather ear pad on most cans. If you struggle to see the headphone driver, you can also remove the leather ear pad. This is so you can clean it thoroughly, but this might involve you to remove screws and take things apart.

4) Point the nozzle into the leather pad, pointing it directly onto the rattling headphones driver. Then switch on the vacuum cleaner and allow the machine to do its job. The suction power from the machine will suck up all the hairs and dirt. Once you have finished cleaning, power off the vacuum cleaner and plug in your headphones into your music player to see if the noise has gone. If the rattle sound still persists, then using the vacuum cleaner clean it again because there are still some hairs that are trapped inside.