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Balance control vs. Speaker placement

For whatever reason, my system always slightly favors the left, my guess would be the furniture on the left vs. nothing on the right. I have used several amps and speakers and the left is always slightly favored.

I have a test CD that exposes this in greater detail. On this CD they suggest that you either move a speaker forward or back to compensate instead of adjusting the balance control. Any thoughts as why this is prefered? It sure is easier to dial it in with the balance control.
brianmgrarcom
perfectimage
406 posts
 
I have moved the speaker to compensate for this and it works quite good. You only have to move it an inch or two so the side effects are small and better then an off center image. (at least to me) Ill also save you a ton of time and tell you that if the image in more on the right you adjust the left speaker and vice versa.
ezmeralda11
303 posts
 
The alternative to a balance nob is a volume nob for each channel-slight mod.
zt000
30 posts
 
I think the question was why one method is prefered over the other. The balance control mainly controls volumes on each channel except digital delay. Speaker placement controls both volume and time alignment. I'd suggest two simple tests:
1. Switch speaker cables at the amp to see if the favoring side remains.
2. Extream toe in to minimize room interaction. Starting with speaker facing directly at you or in front of you.
yeahright
7 posts
 
Did you try reversing your speaker cables? For almost a year my left channel was weaker than the right. I blamed the source, the processor, the interconnects, and the amp. Finally I bought an integrated amp and still the left channel was weak. That left me with the speaker cable doubting, so I reversed it. Its fine now. You might give it a try.
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