koljou Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 I'm not super savy with audio equipment so I'm not sure why only one channel would give audio with headphones while both channels work when using speakers. Would it be a blown fuse? It's an older unit. Denon DRA-550 if it makes a difference to anyone. Sorry if there was a better place to post it, I just wasn't sure where to start to figure it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allenh Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 It's probably a bad connection in the headphones or the headphone socket, can you plug them in to something else and see if the problem is the same or wiggle the wires about at the phones or plug and see if it drops in and out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koljou Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 It's probably a bad connection in the headphones or the headphone socket, can you plug them in to something else and see if the problem is the same or wiggle the wires about at the phones or plug and see if it drops in and out I wish it were. I've tried several different pairs of headphones and no dice. Wiggling the connection doesn't change the sound either. It's been like this for years. I just never got around to fixing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allenh Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Must be the socket then, it does happen as the contacts can get weak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koljou Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 Must be the socket then, it does happen as the contacts can get weak Thanks! Is it fixable at all or would I need to figure out a way to replace the entire socket? I'll open the whole thing up and clean it because I'm sure it could use it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allenh Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Everything is fixable but I expect the whole socket would need to be replaced and unless you are doing it yourself the cost of stripping the thing down to replace a $1 socket would be a lot more than $1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdtg Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Also not a cheap solution, but couldn't you go the route of a headphone amp to bypass the internal socket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcguirk Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Also not a cheap solution, but couldn't you go the route of a headphone amp to bypass the internal socket If you're a big time headphone user (and you have decent headphones) then a $200 Little Dot headphone amp -- heck, proably a FiiO -- is going to blow away a modest receiver's headphone out anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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