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L and R channel/Red and White in system chain

I'm going crazy over this and I feel totally confused + angry. Anyone up to solving this puzzle?:

Turntable junction box: color coded white and red;
Phono preamp: engraved R(ight)(white terminal) and L(eft) (black terminal);
Rumble filter: no color coding; just L and R input and output terminals, both white;
Main integrated amp: no R or L but only Red and White inputs (CD player that's partner to the amp says Red is Right and White is Left channel)

I am so confused as to how to connect the cables it drives me nuts. I thought Red is always Right channel; but my phono preamp has Black marked as Left and White as Right.

The rumble filter has no color at all and only says R and L, but if my main amp Red/Right and White/Left that different from the phono preamp. The sound seems ok in either combo but it angers me that I have to play a guessing game with high end stereo equipment. Please advise.
actusreus
audiofeil
4,011 posts
 
Read the manuals.

It's all there in black and white.
actusreus OP
733 posts
 
Audiofeil, the manuals for my Soundsmith phono pre and KAB filter are basically one page inserts with not much detail. As someone with an advanced degree, albeit not in science, I feel silly being confused by a seemingly straightforward task, but simply want to make sure the chain is wired correctly. And it is confusing since you can't just connect red terminal to right channel throughout the system. You will have to reverse it at some point because the phono pre marked the left channel black and right channel white, which is apparently opposite on my main amp. Interestingly, the Soundsmith manual (which looks like a Zerox copy) has a black&white picture of the preamp and it looks like the right channel is black and left white, which is the other way around on the actual preamp.
ausjoe
98 posts
 
Take a red marker or touch up paint and mark all the right channels as red. Life is too short.
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audiofeil
4,011 posts
 
Actusreus,
My comments were tongue in cheek i.e. red and white vs. black and white. I did not mean to take them literally.

When you have to explain a joke, it's a bad joke.

Sorry.
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