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I am mystified over this.
I purchased a pre-owned integrated on audiogon that is from a very well known high end manufacturer, and it is clearly playing louder through the right channel versus left. It actually sounds like the treble is tipped up hot, but very hot, like 5-10db I would guess. I am going to measure this weekend.
Before you start running down a list of old school analog troubleshooting steps, this particular amplifier has an integrated DAC. This problem persists on the integrated dac input as well as the analog inputs. When I switch speakers cables on the amp end from left to right, the problem switches sides. This holds true on all inputs.
This amp is "audiophile" style. There is no dsp, no balance control, no tone controls- nothing that might explain what is going on. So I am thinking it has to be something under the hood.
Has anyone ever encountered anything like this? Any reccs on what else I can try? I purchased from a very reputable seller, so I am not freaking out over getting screwed, and I believe in the far field this may even be tough to detect. But in the near field where I listen from- it is abundantly clear something is wrong. Hoping to find a fix but not optimistic.
TIA
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Topic - What would cause an integrated amp to play louder in one channel vs another? - Les Anderson 15:13:28 07/07/17 (15)
- RE: What would cause an integrated amp to play louder in one channel vs another? - Foofy123 19:37:03 07/11/17 (0)
- RE: What would cause an integrated amp to play louder in one channel vs another? - mrdavis842 12:54:06 07/10/17 (0)
- RE: What would cause an integrated amp to play louder in one channel vs another? - digepix 07:56:49 07/10/17 (1)
- this is a good point. And could be the problem, fixible with no service trip? nt - 3+4=5 13:58:34 07/10/17 (0)
- RE: What would cause an integrated amp to play louder in one channel vs another? - noway 19:08:34 07/08/17 (0)
- Lots of things - E-Stat 10:57:25 07/08/17 (0)
- RE: What would cause an integrated amp to play louder in one channel vs another? - airtime 07:36:34 07/08/17 (0)
- RE: What would cause an integrated amp to play louder in one channel vs another? - jea48 20:28:15 07/07/17 (0)
- RE: What would cause an integrated amp to play louder in one channel vs another? - fredtr 17:23:51 07/07/17 (0)
- An additional thought... - Les Anderson 16:47:27 07/07/17 (0)
- A used buy and it has Issues?? - bare 16:14:51 07/07/17 (1)
- RE: A used buy and it has Issues?? - Les Anderson 16:22:48 07/07/17 (0)
- RE: What would cause an integrated amp to play louder in one channel vs another? - Blackdog 15:52:39 07/07/17 (1)
- RE: What would cause an integrated amp to play louder in one channel vs another? - Les Anderson 16:23:06 07/07/17 (0)
- RE: What would cause an integrated amp to play louder in one channel vs another? - Les Anderson 15:44:42 07/07/17 (0)