Kenwood Head Unit Making a Loud Popping Noise at the Start and Finish of each track

I have recently wired up a Kenwwod head unit to a clarion 4-channel amp feeding a 12inch clarion sub and a pair of 6.5inch splits. My problem is that at the start and finish of every track, there is a loud popping noise (The track plays the music perfect for the whole track). I have double checked all the connections and wiring loom and all seems to be fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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My mate had the same problem with his stereo in his case it was power related if u are usin crimp connections or any other form of connection to the speakers or the subs that is not a soldered joint it could be that we had to re wire his system with soldered joints and it worked ok. but other than that it could also be ur wires themselves with power cutting out cos the poppin sounds to me like the power cuttin out or in. other than that i really cant think of anything hopefully that helps

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