Static / background crackles with Gigaworks T20s

Anyone had static / background crackles with these speakers sometimes its quite loud...disappears for several days then reappears. The first three months I had no problems now this on/off problem.
All the cables are plugged in firmly. Could it be outside interference or something 'loose' inside? Any opinions welcome..Cheers

1. Make sure you're not distorting.
2. Make sure you are grounded properly.
3. Make sure power cables aren't parallel to speaker cables.

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