Lon wrote:
Quote:I don't understand how just switching the red and black on the output of the CSP3 doesn't reverse the channels (correcting them) and then giving you the left and right you had before. I have found in the past that on one of the components left and right are wired in reverse so to speak and just swapping red and black corrects that. I can't imagine how one can reverse the channel locations on the jacks and NOT move the channels from one side to the other, but I guess it's possible.
I was also surprised that switching the red and black input/ output cables on the CSP3 made no difference to Jerry's location. I switched the input only, then the output only, then both. But I think this part isn't so important. Bottomline is that when connected properly (red to red/ white to white) the soundstage is reversed and needs to be fixed.
Far be it from me to know what the heck goes on inside any of the gear I own! My best guess is that the RCA connector on the CSP3 are ok, and the switched wire is somewhere else inside. But that's based on zero knowledge of internal wiring topography.
But given that the same red to red/ white to white cable connection worked as expected in terms of Jerry and David's locations via:
1) SACD 30n --> Model 30
2) SACD 30n ---> ZBox --> Model 30
3) SACD 30n --> new ZR2 --> Model 30
But has reversed right to left soundstage if the CSP3 is involved in any fashion, makes me think it's some wire deep inside the CSP3. It can be nothing else. For me, that the 3 arrangements above, and every other stereo I've owned, all have the same Garcia/ Grisman soundstage placement and the CSP3 flips, means the CSP3 is not right.
Archie, I did read the manual. For RCA connections, it seems very straight forward. Red goes to red. White goes to white. As long as red isn't going into white, then all is good - just like every other piece of stereo gear. And at no point were red and white mixed up originally. I only switched them as an experiment.
Will Decware pay for the return shipping? I've only had the unit 24 hours. Shipping to and from Hawaii is no joke.
Another oddity is that I have the dual volume controls. When I turn the right channel all the way down, and turn the left channel up, the left channel volume behaves as expected. The left speaker gets increasing loud.
But if I turn down the left channel all the way, and slowly turn up the right channel, the right channel never gets all that loud, even turned up all the way. Noticeably different than the volume increase on the left channel.
I double checked the gain controls, both are set at the same +6 clicks. Turned them both all the way down, and raised again to +6 clicks each.
Hopefully Steve can shed some light on Monday.
I realize these sorts of issues can happen, but it's still disappointing to have waited a year and have a significant issue right out of the gate! I'll be sure and send Steve a copy of the SACD DSD files for him to test track 4.
Do any of you have the Garcia/ Grisman MoFi SACD? On Friend of the Devil, isn't Jerry's guitar on the left, and Grisman's mandolin on the right - and Jerry's voice in the middle? When the mandolin first kicks in, it has always been firmly to the right in my experience.