I was just curious if anyone has found that having (or not having) any kind of furniture between the speakers makes any difference? Currently, I have my audio rack placed between the speakers. The front plane of the speaker is about 6 inches forward from the the front of the rack. Does having anything in between the speakers affect the sound?
I ask because I had a very strange thing happen this weekend. I have been struggling with speaker (804S) setup for a while now. I could not get the central image to stay centered. It would wander all over the place and most of the time it exhibited a left bias. In other words, the central image would be somewhere left of center most of the time. I have tried all sorts of speaker placement with no luck. I removed any furniture directly to the sides and front of the speakers with no luck. I finally thought that maybe there was something wrong with the hearing. I had blown out my ear drum playing high school football so I thought this was the cause of the problem. I was resigned to the fact that I would have to use the balance control on my preamp in order to get the music to be more centered. However, this explanation never seemed right to me because in my bedroom setup (601s3), i did not have this problem. In my bedroom, there is nothing in between the speakers.
On a whim, I decided the move the audio rack because it was not quite centered in relation to the speakers.. It was slightly off center, about 1.5" to the left of center. Yes, I am that anal! After I moved it, everything changed. The music is now consistently centered.
Can anyone explain this? I seriously doubt that moving my audio rack .75" to the right made this difference. Also, should the speakers be further out in front of the audio rack?
I ask because I had a very strange thing happen this weekend. I have been struggling with speaker (804S) setup for a while now. I could not get the central image to stay centered. It would wander all over the place and most of the time it exhibited a left bias. In other words, the central image would be somewhere left of center most of the time. I have tried all sorts of speaker placement with no luck. I removed any furniture directly to the sides and front of the speakers with no luck. I finally thought that maybe there was something wrong with the hearing. I had blown out my ear drum playing high school football so I thought this was the cause of the problem. I was resigned to the fact that I would have to use the balance control on my preamp in order to get the music to be more centered. However, this explanation never seemed right to me because in my bedroom setup (601s3), i did not have this problem. In my bedroom, there is nothing in between the speakers.
On a whim, I decided the move the audio rack because it was not quite centered in relation to the speakers.. It was slightly off center, about 1.5" to the left of center. Yes, I am that anal! After I moved it, everything changed. The music is now consistently centered.
Can anyone explain this? I seriously doubt that moving my audio rack .75" to the right made this difference. Also, should the speakers be further out in front of the audio rack?
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