Have you swapped the speakers?
Jeff

"Sharon Leigh" wrote in message
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Yes, I do have sound in the bad channel. I think the best way to describe
it
is that it sounds like a radio station that's not tuned in properly. It's
staticy and garbled.
"bigmike" wrote in message
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"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?