Macbook Pro's Left Speaker problem

I bought MacBook Pro 13 inch i7 on friday and I noticed that when I play music the left speaker has some cracking noise in it. When I play my music over the right, there is no noise, but when I use both or just the left... there is some kind of noise, crackling, vibrating sound. what should I do with it??

Hi s,
Given that it's brand new, I would definitely contact Apple. You have a 14 day return/exchange period and a 1 year hardware warranty. AppleCare phone support is free for 90 days.

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