IMAGE PROBLEMS VOCALS OFF CENTER


My image is off center.
I have changed practically everything.
Swapped interconnects, cd players, placed left speaker on the right and right speaker on the left and vice versa. Switched amplifiers, power cables etc etc. The image (noticeable on vocals) is about a foot to the right of center. DRIVING ME INSANE!!!!!!! I have this gear in an architecturally sound room. It was designed by Obsession AUdio in the U.S. and it is definitely not a room issue. It is not my hearing (as first thought) because others have noticed and confirmed the problem as well. HAS ANYONE ENCOUNTERED THIS PROBLEM?
Could it be an electrical issue coming in to the house????? Is that even possible?
Any and all suggestions are welcome.

Randy
butterscotchmusic

Showing 3 responses by gunbei

How far off center? I experienced this same problem nad couldn't remedy it until I broke down the whole system because I needed to paint the walls. Initially, it seemed like the vocalists were off to the left side by half a head.

When I put everything back in, the layout of furniture near the center audio rack was slightly changed, but the center image had aligned to dead middle. The only other things that may have contributed to the shift was disconnecting and reconnecting all my cables. I had also placed contact enhancer on all the connections. So it could have any number of things that corrected my problem. Room acoustics, a bad cable connection to begin with, contact enhancer or pure luck.
I should add that at one time a few years ago I had this same problem and a bad tube in my preamp was the culprit. I switched the tubes and the center focus shifted in mirror fashion.
Like trouble shooting computer problems you're gonna need to eliminate one problem at a time.