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Does this degrade sound?

I have an Adcom GFP 750 preamp and when I turn the balance all the way to one side there is still music coming out of the the other speaker. Same when I turn the balance other way. There is no complete silence of channel. It sounds good to me when I play it but would it sound better if the balance worked 100% instead of 80%? Thanks Mike
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plato
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It would sound best if there were no balance control at all...
celtic66
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This is simply circut bleed through. Very common. And yes it would be great if the opposite channel were completely silent but then that would cost more. I don't know that it degrades the sound, you simply have a small amount of the other channel coming through.
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tpreaves
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It sounds good to me when I play it

That's all that really matters in the long run.
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sidssp
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Do this experiment: unplug the left input, turn the balance all the way to left, turn the volume up and see if you can hear anything from the left channel.

If you don't, there is no "bleed through".
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