I have a Sony DA5ES receiver that does double duty for 5.1 surround and 2-channel listening.
The other night while listening to my turntable, I noticed that the left channel dropped out. It came back a few minutes later. It doesn’t drop in and out rapidly, it just seems to come and go from time to time. It might play for an hour just fine, then when I put on another record, it might be out again.
I’ve tried other speakers. I’ve eliminated my speaker switchbox from the loop. Still no go.
When the left channel goes out, it’s out for the turntable and for the tuner. However, optical in from my computer works just fine in 2-channel mode. Also, if I have the tuner going and switch the sound mode from 2-channel to one of the digitally enhanced modes, the left channel comes back.
Does this sound like it could be a bad solder joint in the pre-amp switching section? What else might cause something like this?
The other night while listening to my turntable, I noticed that the left channel dropped out. It came back a few minutes later. It doesn’t drop in and out rapidly, it just seems to come and go from time to time. It might play for an hour just fine, then when I put on another record, it might be out again.
I’ve tried other speakers. I’ve eliminated my speaker switchbox from the loop. Still no go.
When the left channel goes out, it’s out for the turntable and for the tuner. However, optical in from my computer works just fine in 2-channel mode. Also, if I have the tuner going and switch the sound mode from 2-channel to one of the digitally enhanced modes, the left channel comes back.
Does this sound like it could be a bad solder joint in the pre-amp switching section? What else might cause something like this?