frenchie16
New Member
I recently bought a Carver C-2 preamp on ebay, in slightly rough cosmetic shape but purportedly good working order. Having used it for a week or two now that seems to mostly be the case, but there's one really weird issue: the stereo on the headphone output is reversed.
That is, the left channel content plays in the right ear and vice-versa. The balance knob on the C-2 operates backwards as well. The other outputs seem to be unaffected. I've double-checked that all my connections are the right way round.
Fortunately the C-2 has a reverse stereo setting, which is a fine workaround, but I'm wondering if anyone else with a C-2 has checked if theirs has the same strangeness? Or if anyone has any theories as to why mine does this?
I thought perhaps because the unit is a bit banged up, maybe a previous owner had been poking around inside to fix something and had connected the headphone jack incorrectly, but when I opened it up to check, I found that the headphone jack is soldered directly to a PCB and I didn't see any way it could easily be installed incorrectly.
That is, the left channel content plays in the right ear and vice-versa. The balance knob on the C-2 operates backwards as well. The other outputs seem to be unaffected. I've double-checked that all my connections are the right way round.
Fortunately the C-2 has a reverse stereo setting, which is a fine workaround, but I'm wondering if anyone else with a C-2 has checked if theirs has the same strangeness? Or if anyone has any theories as to why mine does this?
I thought perhaps because the unit is a bit banged up, maybe a previous owner had been poking around inside to fix something and had connected the headphone jack incorrectly, but when I opened it up to check, I found that the headphone jack is soldered directly to a PCB and I didn't see any way it could easily be installed incorrectly.
