Small but annoying crackle sound

I've just bought some soundsticks II (Which are awesome by the way) and found that when the computer begins to play any sound there is a crackle. It sounds almost like a stylus being put onto a vinyl record (For those old enough to remember). It is particularly annoying when it plays the new mail sound as you hear the crackle before the bong.
It only happens on the external speakers or headphones and it only happens when going from silence to playing a sound so for example when I start a track in itunes or adjust the system volume. It does not happen if I play a sound when sound is already playing, for example if I change the volume or mail arrives when music is playing or if I change songs.
Any thoughts or am I just too fussy?
McD
17 inch iMac Core 2 Duo, 2GHz. 2nd Gen 4Gb Nano, 1st Gen 512mb iPod Shuffle. Mac OS X (10.4.9) G3 CRT Slot Loading iMac 600Mhz (Mac OS X 10.1.5)

Thanks for your time guys.
Elmac: The sound doesn't occur through the internal speakers but it does occur through headphones, suggesting it is not the speakers at fault. I've tried reducing the speaker volume and increasing the mac volume and this does remove it but I think only because it is too quiet to hear! I've muted the mic volume but no joy.
Rob: you may be onto something with the cables as I did not notice it when I had the speakers in the middle of the room when I was playing, having unpacked them. (They were connected to my ipod). Now they are connected to the mac there are cables everywhere, and I also noticed it makes horrible loud buzzing sounds when they are powered up but not connected and if you touch the jack plug it sounds like a thunderstorm so I think the power cables are probably doing something.
My own new theory is that it is just a kind of connection noise when a signal first goes into the output channel. If I put my ipod earphones in and then switch that on it makes exactly the same noise, but this goes away when it I play something.
In any case the speakers sound so great I'm prepared to live with this little click.
All the best
McD
17 inch iMac Core 2 Duo, 2GHz. 2nd Gen 4Gb Nano, 1st Gen 512mb iPod Shuffle. Mac OS X (10.4.9) G3 CRT Slot Loading iMac 600Mhz (Mac OS X 10.1.5)

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