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Hello everyone.
Just bought one of these astonishing machines locally, 'cos it would have been rude not to. And it has Phono inputs for a recently bought turntable.
As I don't yet have speakers, I plugged in my headphones and the result was weird. With the balance control set midway, the sound was tinny, empty and pretty hellish, with no audible vocals from the track I was listening to. Turning the balance control either L or R did not pan the sound towards L and R as I would have expected, but instead brought a superb quality sound to both cans evenly, tho' I can't say it was 'stereo', tho' it didn't sound dead and central like mono either. (The detail from the record was truly astonishing through this amp).
What's going on, tho'?! Why doesn't the balance work as I'd expect - literally balancing the L and R channel volumes? Instead, rotating the balance control either L or R brings up a balanced level of superb sound from both earpieces. With the balance control fully at either end, both cans are getting great sound (tho' probably mono?)
(It was probably a silly purchase for use as just a HiFi amp with 2 speakers, but my curiosity got the better of me. What a beast!)
Thanks.
Just bought one of these astonishing machines locally, 'cos it would have been rude not to. And it has Phono inputs for a recently bought turntable.
As I don't yet have speakers, I plugged in my headphones and the result was weird. With the balance control set midway, the sound was tinny, empty and pretty hellish, with no audible vocals from the track I was listening to. Turning the balance control either L or R did not pan the sound towards L and R as I would have expected, but instead brought a superb quality sound to both cans evenly, tho' I can't say it was 'stereo', tho' it didn't sound dead and central like mono either. (The detail from the record was truly astonishing through this amp).
What's going on, tho'?! Why doesn't the balance work as I'd expect - literally balancing the L and R channel volumes? Instead, rotating the balance control either L or R brings up a balanced level of superb sound from both earpieces. With the balance control fully at either end, both cans are getting great sound (tho' probably mono?)
(It was probably a silly purchase for use as just a HiFi amp with 2 speakers, but my curiosity got the better of me. What a beast!)
Thanks.