[maxdog]

tubes in the output..yes . But swapping channels with them does nothing.Still balance issue in the same channel.
As well, have the tubes that came with the player and installing them makes no differenceIt really seems like an output imbalance on the Balanced circuits, but Dan checked this out when I returned it , and found it ok.

Are the output stages the same circuitry for bot the balanced and SE outputs, or are they different? If different , then that might be the issue...

BTW..the damned thing sounds great..just would like to have the outputs equal, should I ever decide to sell it or use a fully balanced setup...