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New speaker cables - now audio seems panned right and left

I went from a set of Transparent audio "the wave" to a new set of no-name ribbon cables that are silver over OFC. They cleared a bit of the harshness out of my Vandersteen 2ce's but It seems that the audio now is panned hard right and left. My sound stage is gone... Thoughts? should I give them a break in time or send them back? 

ruraldave1
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roxy54
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Cables can affect speaker placement, but also, make sure that they're not wired out of phase which can cause that problem too.

ruraldave1 OP
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On Spotify I pulled up some test tracks by bunker analog and noticed in the phase testing it sounded better (centered) when the tracks were out of phase. Any thoughts? 

Pre is a Krell KSL

Power is a KVA 150A

ruraldave1 OP
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Thanks, everyone! I figured it out. The cable on one side was terminated reversed (red to black).

 

Thanks! 

 

 

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roxy54
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The test that you did proved that. I have made the same mistake many times over the years.

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carlsbad
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Good call Roxy54.

 

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