Out of phase signal shifts radically


Using a Stereophile test disk I used the phase tests as I have many times before. Right channel perfect, Left channel perfect, mono is dead center. Out of phase signal sounds fuzzy/out of phase, BUT the sound is almost 180 degrees out my RIGHT ear only. I hear nothing to the left or in front of me (where the speakers are). 

When playing normal music the soundstage is "accurate" (generally correct).

I have run this test before with "normal" results in the past. There is a "wall" of glass to the left and the blinds have been removed because we are remodeling. Evidently that is the culprit? It just seems so extreme.

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Showing 1 response by uberwaltz

I feel for you as I have chased the exact same issue with a spdif cable I had ( past tense most definitely!).

This was one that was of the locking rca end type and I guess it was already in its locked position when I pushed it home and like yourself I thought it was way tight and not possibly the cause of any issue, yeah right!

After wasting a couple hours wondering what the heck was wrong I tried different cable and perfect! Only then did I examine the culprit cable carefully and see it was a locking type that was already "locked" so preventing it engaging fully!