"Sharon Leigh" wrote in message
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I was just reading the post about the marantz receiver static problem.
Mine's slightly different, in that it goes away when I turn the balance
all
the way left, and my headphones work fine. I cleaned every conceivable
contact and circuit and still have the static. The receiver's 32 years old
so I am suspecting something has died or fried along the way. anyone have
any ideas?


Lot's of possibilities. Dirty or worn speaker switch contacts, bad relay
(if the old amp uses one) contacts, dried up caps, leaky transistors.
Headphones require very little power to produce sound, so some problems in
the output stage might not show up when using them. By the way, do you have
sound through the bad channel along with the static, or just static?