In Reply to: RE: Can someone explain to me why the "balance knob" is evil? posted by cfraser on May 31, 2016 at 13:58:12:
Well to be perfectly frank, if my main system were to need the balance to be off center independent of any room or speaker placement issues I would probably also be bothered.
But the balance is there to help setup in conditions that are less than ideal which IMO is over 90% of most setups. It can easily and quickly improve the sound that would take all sorts of rigmarole and equipment (room treatments, etc.) to remedy. So why not just use it?
That's what I do! But then again, we are in this hobby because we like the hunt. And part of that is the hunt for perfect sound without any crutches!
But that doesn't mean we shouldn't just relax and turn the balance knob 2 degrees once in a while... :)
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