Noisy speakers

When I wake up my mac opening the clumshell, I hear a short scratchy noise from the speakers, as when you turn on an old radio.
I just can't believe it is normal...

it happens to my macbook too. I actually rang up apple support regards to the problem, they believe is the wireless signal affecting the speaker during the connection.
eg. sometimes when you use your cellphone in your car, your it might create some funny noise through the radio. i think it is similar to that...
thats no way to fix it and they said it is not a hardware fault.
btw i found maybe lower the speaker volume might help a little bit.

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LOL OK you can save us time by replying to that end the next time. Thanks.
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