Good news its the CD. I just listened to it on my axiom m22's and I then listened to it on my cambridgesound works system (main speakers M80 (not axiom m80) and the p1000 sub ( they can handle just about anything).
The sound is very annoying. In song 4 it's just below his voice and it's a crackling like sound. Not one of my favorite RHCP's cd so I had not noticed it before, I had mostly just listened to it a work through the computer speakers.
I'll listen to jazz and some blues but mostly it's very heavy and fast music. Various style of hardcore, grindcore, sludge, doom metal, etc. My point is the axiom handle just about every style of music.
I'd like to see if anyone else hears this also. I bought my
CD the day it came out, so I wonder if this problem have been taken care of?