Sound coming from left/right speaker

[SrLoin]

I hooked up my speakers and receiver last night and I'm thinking I have something not configured properly.

Do the left and right speaker work independently or are they supposed to be working in conjunction? When I was messing with it last night it seemed as though some sounds could only be heard from the right and others only from the left.

[nmycon]

ahhh... the wonders of good old stereo sound, first introduced in 1931, it allows movies or songs to be played back with... get this... 2 SEPARATE AUDIO CHANNELS!

wait till you get surround sound! they you may hear a sound in 1 speaker that you cannot hear in any of the other 4!

[callas01]

Originally Posted by SrLoin

I hooked up my speakers and receiver last night and I'm thinking I have something not configured properly.

Do the left and right speaker work independently or are they supposed to be working in conjunction? When I was messing with it last night it seemed as though some sounds could only be heard from the right and others only from the left.

well depending on what you were listening too... but most times they should work independently. The sound tracks are mixed so that you feel a sense of the aptmosphere, so if someone is talking to your right, you hear them on your right, just like you would in real life. If a bullet whizzes by your ear on the left, it comes soley from the left speaker.

In music it will depend on the mix, some things are mixed so that you hear certian things from one speaker or the other, drums and vocals are usually mix to come from both so the presentation is more directly in front of you as the speakers image.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by SrLoin

I hooked up my speakers and receiver last night and I'm thinking I have something not configured properly.

Do the left and right speaker work independently or are they supposed to be working in conjunction? When I was messing with it last night it seemed as though some sounds could only be heard from the right and others only from the left.

Wow! Are you kidding? Do you know anything about Stereo sound? ...I'm serious.

[SrLoin]

I probably should have clarified by saying that no matter what was playing only one speaker would produce sound at a time. (i.e. background music would be playing on the left speaker but dialog that was occurring at the time wasn't playing)

[nmycon]

is this music or movies?

some songs (esp. Beatles) are mixed with bass, rhythm guitar in one speaker and vocals and lead guitar in the other (drums tend to be balanced)

for movies, check to make sure all of your cables and wires are connected properly, if all seems to be fine, its just the way the audio was mixed for the movie

also, speakers NEVER "work in conjunction"

if you have 2 speakers connected to different jacks on the receiver, each speaker is receiving an entirely separate signal.

Its not like, say you have 2 rooms beside each other, the person in Room 1 SCREAMS and the person in Room 2 can kind of hear it, just not as clearly. Sound doesn't carry over between speakers, when it was mixed it may be say 75% in Left and 25% in Right, but once they save the audio file and burn it onto the disc, each channel is essentially 2 entirely different tracks.

[SrLoin]

So far only movies, tried band of brothers, in one scene dialog heard in one speaker nothing in the other and vice versa. Guess i'll try the config process again and see what happens.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by SrLoin

So far only movies, tried band of brothers, in one scene dialog heard in one speaker nothing in the other and vice versa. Guess i'll try the config process again and see what happens.

Recheck your speaker's connections. Or check the HDMI cable or any other interconnect(s) that you might be using between your source and your receiver.
I'm sure you'll find the problem right there.

* Yup, I was worried here for few minutes about unknown Stereo sound!

[SrLoin]

well it turns out that the setup process got hosed and the receiver was configured for 5.1 and not 2.0

thanks everyone for the help

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by SrLoin

well it turns out that the setup process got hosed and the receiver was configured for 5.1 and not 2.0

thanks everyone for the help

Yeah but that don't explain... Where you listening in...

* Anyway, you got your fix now right?

[NorCo_1806]

I was gonna recommend trying the test-tone, see if it bounced incorrectly around the room. But if you've only got 2 speakers set up....and anyway you've resolved the issue.

Guess I'm just chattin' with myself....again

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by norco_1806

i was gonna recommend trying the test-tone, see if it bounced incorrectly around the room. But if you've only got 2 speakers set up....and anyway you've resolved the issue.

Guess i'm just chattin' with myself....again

Yup