Help with monitoring in stereo with MPC 500 please!

Hey guys, just a quick question. I've been sampling from my cd deck through my mpc 500, and running the audio out through both the headphone out and the main l/r outs whilst monitoring.

When monitoring the signal through the main l/r outs, i am only recieving a feed through one speaker, even though the mpc is set to record through stereo and i have two 1/4" jacks hooked up to both speakers from the mpc. When playing the feed back through headphones, i am only recieving one side there also.

I have checked all my leads and connections, and the only hint of any bad contact is the headphone out 1/8" to 1/4" jack adapter which, when i tweak it a little bit, gives me sound in stereo briefly, then cuts back to one speaker.

I know this is long-winded, but i would appreciate some help from someone that knows what they are doing.

Dave.

Equipment: MPC500, 2 x Yamaha HS50 speakers and a HS10 sub, Sony seperates CD player

Thanks for the preamp tip, hadn't thought of that as i was certain the cd player had a built-in preamp, but will give it a go. I have sent the unit back to Akai to test the outputs for the meantime, just to cover all bases.

Dave.

Sorry dude...but you know exactly where the problem is:

guypicciotto wrote:the only hint of any bad contact is the headphone out 1/8" to 1/4" jack adapter which, when i tweak it a little bit, gives me sound in stereo briefly, then cuts back to one speaker.

and yet you send it back to have it checked? Prepare for an invoice for shipping and checking it completely unnecessarily. The first thing I would have done is try a new cable and adapter.