You can remove the Pre-amp out/main in jumpers and
using a known good RCA cable feed the suspect side
to the good channel, if the good channel stays quite then
the problem is in the output section. (right fed to left)
Make sure unit is off and volume is down when making
these connections.
Note: tape out is not feed thru tone sections.
So it must be pre/main RCA connections only.
I do not have the service manual to check.
Jeff

"Sharon Leigh" wrote in message
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Jeff,

It's a model 2120. It does have a pre-amp output, but I didn't test it.
I'm
not really sure what I need to do.

"Jeff" wrote in message
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Ok, if it has preamp output is it OK?
DC voltage across output when noisy?
Model? (strange the headphone would be OK)
Unless its only distorted/noisy when loaded.
Jeff

"Sharon Leigh" wrote in message
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Yes, I swapped speakers. I also moved the set over to the B speaker
terminals. Guess what? Same problem.


"Jeff" wrote in message
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Have you swapped the speakers?
Jeff

"Sharon Leigh" wrote in message
. ..
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
m...

"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?