One of my KRK Rokit 5 (G2) monitors was making a loud buzzing noise. Found out online that this was probably caused by a defective capacitor. I’ve decided to replace these since the monitors were otherwise still fine.
![](https://timvkn.nl/tim/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/08/krkrokit5g2-fixbuzz.webp)
Removed the back-panel of the unit.
![](https://timvkn.nl/tim/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/08/krkrokit5g2-inside.webp)
The tweeter has an extension that can easily be disconnected.
![](https://timvkn.nl/tim/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/08/krkrokit5g2-capacitor_120340.webp)
De-soldered the defective capacitors and ordered a new 35V 1000uF capacitor on Amazon.
![](https://timvkn.nl/tim/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/08/krkrokit5g2-replacecaps2.webp)
The two capacitors in the middle of the circuit board have something to do with the signal to the tweeter. I’ve replaced both capacitors, but I probably only needed to replace the left one in the picture (next to the one that was already de-soldered).
After replacement the fixed unit sounded better than the working one, so I decided to replace the caps on both units.