Balance problem

[tooppy]

Hi,

My source is an Onkyo C-N7050. The left side now is a lot more powerful than the right.
I checked everything, no doubt it is the culprit.
I run it trough a passive reducer Shiit Sys and a First F5 I built last year.

Beside sending it back for repair, this confinement is no help, any idea I could solve this ?

 

[rayma]

I've never seen a CD player with one channel that is too low in gain, so check the cables first.
Otherwise it could only be the output stage. Is one channel maybe completely dead?

 

[Mark Tillotson]

Swap the cable left<->right at both ends and check its not that.

 

[tooppy]

As I said, I checked all, switching cable being the first one and left / right connections.
When I put the right connection to the left, then the left is weak and the right is loud.
I even re-checked the bias of my F5.
No there is no doubt, the output of the Onkyo is faulty.
So the right channel is audible but very weak compare to the left and it was not the case before, I do not know how to cope with that unless I use an integrated amp with balance setting.

 

[rayma]

It's possible that the right channel is completely gone, and what you actually hear is crosstalk from
the left channel. Disconnect the left CD player cable. Now do you hear anything from the right channel?

 

[tooppy]

@Rayma
Your idea was a good one I didn't try.
No the right channel is present but at a lower level, I guess It will have to go for a check up.