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After doing many tests and trying just about everything I believe my integrated amp may have an imbalance in the left speaker channel. I understand that with a tube amp the first thing to do would be to replace the tube that is at fault but with solid state amps what exactly causes an imbalance? Also, would this be the kind of thing that I can have my local audio shop fix?
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Are you using a integrated amp or seperate power amp? If you have a balance control,play a cd that has similar audio on both L & R channel (preferably a test cd with a 1 khz tone) then vary the balance control from full clockwise to full counterclockwise.If you notice a big difference in the sound quality from one channel to the other you definitely have a problem. Causes.....1) faulty speaker or speaker wiring or connections 2) Dirty volume/balance or tone controls or input select switches. 3) Blown output device(s) ie. BPT or FET.
... listening levels. Also, what is frequently percieved as channel imbalance is often speaker placement (one speaker closer to a corner, etc.). How did you determine the imbalance and to what extent is it?
I tried eliminating every possible thing and came to the conclusion that it is the amp. I swapped speaker cables from each side , repositioned speakers, tried another cd player, swapped interconnects etc etc... When I walk by the right speaker it is always louder than the left. It seems as though it has to do more with bass response and drums (woofer) and not as much with voices. I do hear an imbalance when i'm listening from center position at my listening chair.
Lotsa potential causes from a loose/oxidised output wire to a bad component to a poor pot. A 'competent' shop may be able to fix.. but even some 'factory authorised' shops are totally inept. g'luck.
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