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Wierd Imaging Problem

I have a problem with imaging in stereo and in movies.My right speaker is not as detailed than the left.When swapping speakers the problem stays to the right speaker.

The soundstage all sounds correct.The voice is in the middle and nevers goes to the left or right of center.The left speaker sounds detailed and the right has a loss of detail whether in stereo or for movies.

I have changed all wiring and IC's.No change.

Now for the starngest part of all.The loss of detail in the right speaker is always present on all sources when I first turn everything on.After awhile and it may take a hour ,the right speaker comes back into focus and the loss of detail is not present.There is no pop or clicks it just becomes correct. I have another set of speakers that I used to tst with and the same thing happens.

I have another receiver that if I use it, it still happens with that receiver .Both of my receivers are around 10 years old.I have bassically replaced everything but still get the same problem.

I am down to thinking that both receivers are going bad.Unlikely but possible.

One of the receivers had a center channel going out and I re-soldered the relay on that receiver along with a lot of other solder joints so maybe I damaged something on that receiver.I then bought the other receiver used for testing my problem only to have the same problem.At a loss here guys.Any help appreciated.
shaunp
shaunp OP
42 posts
 
Yes,
I had my hearing tested twice as I thought maybe that could be the cause but all is good.
frogman
7,358 posts
 
Excellent!
shaunp OP
42 posts
 
After reading the post entitled "My system acts weird" by Avialuf I decided to check my breaker box.I installed 2 20amp circuits about a year ago for my stereo system and projector.My house is over 50 years old and so I pulled all the breakers and cleaned all connections with contact cleaner.I also found a hot wire to a different circuit that goes to my living room light and kitchen that was not tightened down at all.It was just barely stuck in the screw hole of the breaker.I fixed that.

In Avialuf's post he mentioned his lights dimming.I also have this problem.Now whether cleaning the breaker connections or fixing the lose wire could cause my problem I do not know.There was one breaker that had black on it from the breaker being cracked and me wiggling it and sparks shot out.this was when I was installing the 20 amp circuits.So I also replaced that breaker but never cleaned the connection.

It took me a couple of hours today to clean everything.When done I fired up the stereo and cd player and it seems my problem is gone.Could this of been my problem?????Seems weird to me that electricity was my problem.

I have everything plugged into a APC power conditioner/regulator.It always reads that the input power is 126 and out is 126.Only fluctuates when we have high winds or a good storm.Am still having a hard time believing that the lose wire and cleaning fixed things.

If my problem returns could it be the APC unit?Since the cleaning and this also makes no sense to me is that I have security cameras around my house and the video looks cleaner and more vivid.

Any thoughts on this.Thanks.
Shaun
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