Dusko S.
New Member
Good evening, everyone!
Let me first say thanks for this forum, it was very helpful in my Hi-Fi endeavors so far, just from reading the informative post on here.
So here I am with a problem.
I recently bought an Marantz 4270 in an excellent state, allegedly serviced, and partially recapped. Not sure when (or if) the service took place.
All in all, the reciever works more or less flawlessly, I did clean the volume and tone controls, all the switches and sliders, a few were only a little in need of that (soft crackling when used).
All inputs and outputs sound great, no problems there.
Except off course, the phono...
Sound is clear and full on the right channel, and slightly weaker (and even muffled a tiny amount) on the left.
Not much, but well enough to notice it just from first listen. I did clean the input jacks. The problem goes away when i switch to mono.
I did use a cheap phono preamp i had lying around to test, and yes, on all the other inputs the turntable works fine. So, I´m guessing the problem could be somwhere in the phono stage of the reciever. (cap,transistor?)
Where to begin to look for the culprit? I would really want to get this solved, and not use an external phono preamp.
Thanks for any advice guys!
Let me first say thanks for this forum, it was very helpful in my Hi-Fi endeavors so far, just from reading the informative post on here.
So here I am with a problem.
I recently bought an Marantz 4270 in an excellent state, allegedly serviced, and partially recapped. Not sure when (or if) the service took place.
All in all, the reciever works more or less flawlessly, I did clean the volume and tone controls, all the switches and sliders, a few were only a little in need of that (soft crackling when used).
All inputs and outputs sound great, no problems there.
Except off course, the phono...
Sound is clear and full on the right channel, and slightly weaker (and even muffled a tiny amount) on the left.
Not much, but well enough to notice it just from first listen. I did clean the input jacks. The problem goes away when i switch to mono.
I did use a cheap phono preamp i had lying around to test, and yes, on all the other inputs the turntable works fine. So, I´m guessing the problem could be somwhere in the phono stage of the reciever. (cap,transistor?)
Where to begin to look for the culprit? I would really want to get this solved, and not use an external phono preamp.
Thanks for any advice guys!