diff --git a/js/media/detectChannels.js b/js/media/detectChannels.js
index 6aaaa164..6f283156 100644
--- a/js/media/detectChannels.js
+++ b/js/media/detectChannels.js
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ function createAnalysers(source) {
   rightGain.connect(rightAnalyser);
 
   function destroy() {
+    // TODO: Safari, and maybe Firefox, don't support passing the destination
+    // argument which means in Safari, this will disconnect `source` completely,
+    // which will silence the audio.
     source.disconnect(splitter);
     splitter.disconnect();
     leftGain.disconnect();
diff --git a/js/media/index.js b/js/media/index.js
index 676bcca0..89b1c68e 100644
--- a/js/media/index.js
+++ b/js/media/index.js
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ export default class Media {
   async play() {
     await this._source.play();
     if (this._channels == null) {
+      // Temporarily disabled https://github.com/captbaritone/webamp/issues/551
+      /*
       detectChannels(this._staticSource)
         .then(channels => {
           this._setChannels(channels);
@@ -212,6 +214,7 @@ export default class Media {
         .catch(() => {
           this._setChannels(null);
         });
+      */
     }
   }