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I'm almost too embarrassed to ask, but.....

I would have never given this a thought but, I was recently watching the DVD concert, "Sting: Live from the Universal Amphitheater" and noticed that the trumpet was coming through the speaker on my left but, the trumpet player was standing to my right of the TV screen. Note that this is strictly two channel. I thought that perhaps my speaker wires needed to be switched on my amp. What I found was the right output on my amp corresponds to the speaker that sits to my right as I face the speakers. So my dumb question is, should the right channel speaker sit to the right as you face it, or to the right as you look from the speakers' perspective??? Call me crazy!
Hopefully, I'm not dense and the recording was not mixed properly.

Thanks again.

2chnlben
2chnlben
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kr4
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Nah. You probably have it right. All too many videos have inconsistent audio mixes.
plato
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The perspective of left and right should be with you facing the speakers.

If you're using the analog outputs on your DVD player then maybe you reversed the left and right channel interconnects going to the receiver... Or it could be as Kr4 suggests, an inconsistent audio mix.
kinsekd
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I have my own little test. It is as embarassing to me as perhaps your question is to you... but it works.

Pop in a cd of orchestral music. Say, Beethoven's 5th. As you face the speakers, if the violins can be heard coming from the speaker on your left, then you've nailed it. If not, you've got it backwards.

Other than that, I agree with Kr4. Too many videos have inconsistent audio mixes.

Hope this helps.
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