[Stein]

Well, my luck has been just terrible lately.
 
After finally acquiring a power adapter for my Stax 2050 system, I powered them up to find that only the left channel was working.
 
Right after I noticed that only the left channel was working, I powered everything down and unplugged the cable so I could just take a second to figure out what might be wrong.
Incidentally, when I pulled out the cable, the little gold/copper thing inside of bottom left plug hole came out about half-way with the plug. Right now I'm expecting that to be the problem, but I don't have a clue.
 
I've already tried different sets of RCA cables and I am positive everything was plugged in all the way, so I don't think it's some really stupid error on my part, but I suppose it could be.
 
I'm using the amp through a udac connected to my computer, if that matters at all. :/
 
I'd appreciate any knowledge you might have on this issue. Thanks in advance.
 
. That's the thing that came out, by the way. If that somehow controls the right channel, I guess that's my problem.

 

[transient orca]

Do you know anybody who has a Stax amp on which you can test headphone? That will at least eliminate one one possiblility.

 

[Stein]

Nope. As far as that goes, I'll have to just hope I can attend the closest meet. Either that or hopefully get in touch with a head-fier that lives close to me.

 

[jjinh]

You've circled where the R- pin goes in.
 
If that's loose as you've described I suspect it would indeed have a detrimental affect on the sound coming out of the right channel.

 

[Stein]

Well, at least that narrows down the problem. Any idea how I can fix that, or is it going to turn out to be a rather expensive problem? :s
When plugging the headphones in, that piece got pushed back to its natural place, so I figured it would be fine, but I guess that's not the case.
 

 

[jjinh]

If it doesnt sound right you should consider replacing the socket.

 

[Stein]

Well, it definitely doesn't sound right. It's not a channel imbalance, there's literally no sound coming out of the right channel.
Is it pretty easy to just replace the socket? Where would I even find a replacement one? :S

 

[AudioCats]

if R- is disconnected you should still have right channel, though much weaker. (The R+ stator should still be working )

 

[Stein]

Well, I just broke them out again to see if there was anything coming out of the right channel at all, and now for whatever reason there is. Before, there was definitely nothing coming out of the right, but now they seem just fine. Maybe I got lucky plugging them in this time and pushed that piece right back into its place. I just hope this isn't temporary. :\ Even so, thanks for the help, guys. Sorry for having nothing but problems. I'm still learning.

 

[jjinh]

Quote:

Well, I just broke them out again to see if there was anything coming out of the right channel at all, and now for whatever reason there is. Before, there was definitely nothing coming out of the right, but now they seem just fine. Maybe I got lucky plugging them in this time and pushed that piece right back into its place. I just hope this isn't temporary. :\ Even so, thanks for the help, guys. Sorry for having nothing but problems. I'm still learning.

 
I hope they keep on working! The SR-202s are damn good.
 

 

[AudioCats]

It is probably the RCA contact on the back. Some RCA plugs do that from time to time. Try bending the RCA plug's center pin a little (just a little) to make sure it will hit the contact in the jack.

 

[Stein]

Well they certainly sound amazing. For now, I'm not going to mess with anything. I don't want to risk messing these boys up any further. Thanks again. =)

 

[edstrelow]

Quote:

Well they certainly sound amazing. For now, I'm not going to mess with anything. I don't want to risk messing these boys up any further. Thanks again. =)

The  worst case could be that the wire to the offending socket is disconnected and needs to the resoldered at the back of the socket. You may have pushed it back so that at least it makes physical contact with the wire from the amp.