Static from speakers on 18mth old IMAC

As above I am getting static from my speakers, suddenly started today after i installed spotify, i have removed this and it is still there, also affects itunes. Silent until I try to play music (not tried vieos etc yet)
Can I solve this with an update?
Thanks
Suzy

Try using another user account on your computer (make a quick test account if you don't already have a separate one). See if the static/fuzzy noises are still present.
If the separate account sounds fine, there may still be some Spotify files laying around that are casuing an issue.
You are sure that is issue wasn't present prior to Spotify install, right?

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