IMAGE PROBLEMS VOCALS OFF CENTER

Is it possible that you are actually hearing a phase problem? Insure that your speakers are wired correctly, i.e. "red to red", "black to black" on both of your speakers. Also, it is possible that your speakers are mis-wired inside, i.e., one of the drivers is wired out of phase.

I agree with the previous poster that suggested playing a mono source. if you play something in mono and the image is not centered, you definately have a problem.

TIC

Much to do with your room geometry. Windows and doors, more pressure, less pressure, absorbtive, reflective, reactive.Look overhead, is there a soffit on one side of the room and not the other. It should all look the same so it all sounds the same. Tom

If you have swapped interconnects (between source and power amp) and you have (in a separate test) swapped speakers with their respective cables (left channel to right side and right channel to left side) then you have eliminated your system as the source of the problem.

=> The only things that remain are your ears and the room!

(if your equipment was causing this the problem one of the above tests would have moved the image to the other side of center by one foot)

I have tried using both. The speakers are Quad 12Ls, Cayin TA 30, Also tried an Arcam Delta 90 I believe, NAD CD Player, Nordost and Audioquest speaker cables and interconnects. The image is off slightly with everything, DVD, CD, and even television broadcast. I'm lost.

The system was recently in a small bedroom and the problem became prevalent without me changing anything. One day, the image just seemed off a little. I thought it was wax build up or that my hearing was going. It seemed to come and go somewhat and I began to think that I had a problem with a tube in the Cayin TA-30 I was running. I moved the system into my newly designed room about 2 months ago and the problem persisted. I figured I would wait until all the traps were in place to make a judgement. Now that I have the traps just about completed, the problem seems more prevalent than ever. I have measured and re-measured distances between speakers and listener, ie. triangle (speakers approx. 9 feet apart and same distance to listening area. I guess it is possible that both amplifiers, the cayin and the arcam, could have the same problem. I highly doubt that.