fmalloy Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 So I noticed my Heresy IIIs recently seemed unbalanced - the right speaker was lower in sound level output by about half. Uh oh! Did I blow something in the right speaker? I checked the integrated amp Balance control - centered. I put my ear against each driver and heard sound as expected. Just at a lower level than the left. I wiggled and re-seated the HIII banana plugs - same low output. Starting to get nervous... I was ready to swap the speakers to see if it followed the speaker...then I thought I'd try something first - my optical audio source goes into a Schiit Modi 3 DAC, which then feeds a Schiit Loki tone control, and the output of that feeds the amp's line input. So I just unplugged/replugged the input/output RCA connectors to the DAC and Loki, and back to equal sound levels. Whew! Best not to panic, and try the simplest things first... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Thanks, a great reminder not to over think things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I love unbalanced RCA connectors for that very reason. And oh yea cuz they make the circuit connection before the ground connection. Get rid of that JUNK is my motto. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechEngVic Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 On 7/30/2020 at 2:21 PM, babadono said: I love unbalanced RCA connectors for that very reason. And oh yea cuz they make the circuit connection before the ground connection. Get rid of that JUNK is my motto. By "junk" you mean: Schitt? RCA's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 I meant unbalanced connects in general and RCAs specifically. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechEngVic Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 7 hours ago, babadono said: I meant unbalanced connects in general and RCAs specifically. I've had good luck with unbalanced RCA's, but then again, I've always had simple systems (2 speakers, amp, pre, source). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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