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Speaker placement/balance

System is Thiel 3.0a's, Moscode 600, Rogue 66.
I'm trying to get a proper balance from the speakers. It could be that the Thiel's are doing this, but if I move my head a couple of inches one way or the other, the balance on the vocals seems to make a sweeping move in the opposite direction (when I move my head to the left, the balance seems to move towards the right). It also seems that the bass is coming with a bit more volume on the left.
Switching speakers seems to make no difference. I've checked for phase. The room is a bit oddly shaped behind the speakers. The left speaker is several feet out from a typical corner, the right speaker has somewhat more open space behind it; in front of a foyer area.
Any suggestions are welcome.
bdunne
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ramond
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Just another thought. My experience has been that Thiel's sound better if there placed pointing straight ahead or with very very little toe in if any at all.
You might check your owners manual because i think it also states it there.
Hopes this helps.

bdunne OP
60 posts
 
Thanks to all for the advice/comments. The problem was really the following: The Rogue 66 pre-amp inverts, so I should have compensated for that by switching the speaker cables at the speaker (red and black to the oppposite). I neglected to pay attetnion to that in the Rogue manual.
Now it sounds proper with lots of information in between the speakers.
Thanks.
vertewax
18 posts
 
Who would have thunk... but I recently upgraded from my solid state integrated amp to tube separates (Rogue Audio separates in fact: an 88 and 66 Magnum) and did NOT change my speaker placement and noticed things to be very different in respect to the horizontal imaging, sweet spot, balance, vertical imaging. I noticed that if I moved my head a foot forward the sound was more focused and the image better defined. I ended up repositioning my speakers due to the new amp & preamp! I ended up using less toe-in and moving the speakers a little further back. WHO WOULD HAVE THUNK?
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