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PS Audio GCPH and Pass X0.2 not talking?

I am baffled. My VPI Scoutmaster 'table works. My PS Audio GCPH phono preamp works. My Pass X0.2 preamp works. But when I plug the GCPH into the X0.2...nothing. No sound. No signal. (The lights are all on, but no one seems to be home.) I've quadruple checked everything from cables to inputs, but can't figure out why nothing is coming out of the X0.2 from the GCPH.

What I am doing wrong?
meagan02
audiofeil
4,011 posts
 
Just a quick thought, are you using the correct i.e. MM or MC input on the phono stage?
audiomax
166 posts
 
You have the option of hooking the GCPH directly to your amp.
Have you tried that? If that works then your preamp is the culprit. Also try a little test by using different input on the X0.2 from the GCPH.
meagan02 OP
27 posts
 
Audiofeil,

Yep, correct MM/MC are being used. Checked all the gain and impedance settings but nothing makes a difference. It's as if the signal from the GCPH isn't being recognized by the X0.2. Never had this problem with my other preamp.

Audiomax,

Tried that, as noted earlier. The GCPH is definitely putting out a signal when I connect it directly to my power amp. So, it makes no sense why the X0.2 isn't getting an input signal, or outputting it.
robbyg
30 posts
 
Try pluging the GCPH out into the CD input that you are using on the Pass. Gotta work!
meagan02 OP
27 posts
 
Robbyg,

Tried that: Silence.

Me thinks it's got something to do with the signal coming out of the GCPH and how it's being recognized by the X0.2.
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