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.
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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.
Another thing that will cause that is an unsemetrical room or a room with an opening on the side to another room. I cant give you the technical reasons but I have found trying to make this adjustment through the balance controls just doesnt sound as good as speaker adjustment. Yes it is much easier but the speakers just dont seem to blend right or as well.