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Mojo, for a guy who is so into the sound stage and imaging I just don’t get that answer. I find it disconcerting when someone on the left side of the screen is talking and the voice is not coming from the same location but more than a screen widths left of it.

Have you ever experienced what you describe or are you just seeing it in your mind's eye?

As I explained in another post, when something happens off-screen, the visual is off-screen too. So there's no discord taking place in the brain. If something is happening on the left of the screen, the audio is typically imaged in the center.

I say "typically" because I find with the actives, the image could be just left or right of centre depending on how it was microphoned and mixed. If I play that same scene with my 160, that same sound collapses to the center.

Try it yourself and see if you experience a brain schism.

Yes, I’ve experienced it. I when setting up the ALFRs on the long wall I needed a TV for the AV8805. Since I just needed it to see the settings I used an old 27” monitor. Well a 12 foot wide sound stage for a 27” screen doesn’t work! I kept being pulled out of viewing the movie because it was so odd. It was not much better on the short wall with the speakers 10’ apart. I finally put up our old 50” TV which was almost tolerable compared to the 27”. I could at least view a movie but it was not great. Your setup is worse (12’/55” v.s 10’/50”) which is why I’m surprised,

I don't have an explanation other than two different brains.

Well, if the Zombie Apocalypse ever happens, I’m gonna make sure they know how much flavorful yours is over mine!

That's funny!

I'm ready.