WaveWobbler
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Hey folks,
I come to you today with a little technical oddity that has me completely stumped.
Current hardware chain: Technics SL-D202 turntable (AT-VM95E cartridge) >--[stereo RCA]--> ART Pro USB Phono Plus >--[stereo RCA]--> Pioneer VSX-1023-K (CD analog input)
Playing a record with this setup using the receiver in its default auto mode results in the left channel playing fine but the right channel level is extremely low with audio noise/crackle. Switching to 'Direct' mode produces an identical result. Switching to 'Pure Direct' immediately solves the issue and plays back exactly as expected.
Monitoring the output from the preamp via the headphone monitoring output shows the stereo signal is perfectly fine coming from the deck and out of the preamp.
This turntable used to be my father's, and he had mentioned the same channel issue when I picked it up, believing it to be the cartridge. Thinking back to how this was set up back CA. 2006 or so I remember he had recently swapped out the vintage (late-70s, early-80s or so) Yamaha Natural Sound stereo receiver for a contemporary Yamaha 5.1 HTR about the time the "problem" showed up but I guess never connected the two since the turntable wasn't used very often.
Based on this I'm inclined to believe the problem is most likely being caused by some portion of the audio processing going on in both of these HTRs, hence not showing up on the source signal and disappearing when using Pure Direct mode.
Any and all help is appreciated!
I come to you today with a little technical oddity that has me completely stumped.
Current hardware chain: Technics SL-D202 turntable (AT-VM95E cartridge) >--[stereo RCA]--> ART Pro USB Phono Plus >--[stereo RCA]--> Pioneer VSX-1023-K (CD analog input)
Playing a record with this setup using the receiver in its default auto mode results in the left channel playing fine but the right channel level is extremely low with audio noise/crackle. Switching to 'Direct' mode produces an identical result. Switching to 'Pure Direct' immediately solves the issue and plays back exactly as expected.
Monitoring the output from the preamp via the headphone monitoring output shows the stereo signal is perfectly fine coming from the deck and out of the preamp.
This turntable used to be my father's, and he had mentioned the same channel issue when I picked it up, believing it to be the cartridge. Thinking back to how this was set up back CA. 2006 or so I remember he had recently swapped out the vintage (late-70s, early-80s or so) Yamaha Natural Sound stereo receiver for a contemporary Yamaha 5.1 HTR about the time the "problem" showed up but I guess never connected the two since the turntable wasn't used very often.
Based on this I'm inclined to believe the problem is most likely being caused by some portion of the audio processing going on in both of these HTRs, hence not showing up on the source signal and disappearing when using Pure Direct mode.
Any and all help is appreciated!