Hi. I was calling all Cambridge Audio users with the latest generation of receivers the AXR series. I just got the AXR85 and it sounds great. Very full bodied warm sound. I’ve owned a few of their integrated over the years and loved them despite two dying but they were over 15 yrs old at time etc. my issue is that when I use the balance co took which is in the menu section and not an actual knob (hate that part) when I turn balance all way to either left or right I still get sound out the opposite channel.
But at what level? Balance isn't meant for completely cutting one channel, its for matching the levels when the listening area isn't symmetrical (and to correct for small differences in gain of the amp between channels). It might only allow a 10dB difference between channels - if that can't balance your levels there's probably something badly wrong with one of your speakers(!)
I get that but I’ve had 3 seperate Cambridge amps and none only cut it partially. Matter of fact I’ve never had one that didn’t only send audio to one channnel when maxed out.
Amps probably had a balance potentiometer which shorts one channel to the ground when turned to its far left/right. The receiver does not seem to have a potentiometer; at least I could not see one from the photos/videos I found on the web. That probably means that the volume was done on a chip - hence limited attenuation range.
I under all that however no where ANYWHERE online am I finding a single person who found this out and thought it was an issue. I guess most wouldn’t even notice but I did. I put in a request to customer service.
I can’t be the only person anywhere to find this weird. A Google search literally yielded nothing
At all pertaining to balance attenuation
Or volume attention for channel