Speaker placement and dB differences


So I’m pretty anal about speaker placement. I use tape measures, along with laser lights and levels to assure proper and equal placement from walls. I was using my new Omni mic and testing software to run some white noise frequency graphs vs db range to see where I stand.  After overlaying the R/L graphs I noticed that there is about a -1db difference in the right channel generally across the entire frequency range and about -5 dB at about 250 hz. 
Also my room is 12’ x 13’. 

I remeasured my speaker distance from the seating position wall and I noticed the left speaker was 96” from the front the chair and the right speaker was 98.5” from the chair. By my calcs that would only account for a .22 dB difference. Not enough to account for the 1 dB drop in the right speaker and certainly not the -5 dB at 250 hz.
Question is, is a 1 dB difference between two speakers normal. My speakers are Thiel CS 2.4’s and I’m using an older ARC tube amp - which can certainly account for 1db.

the bigger questIon is can a 2.5” difference in room placement cause a 5 dB difference at 250 hz?
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Showing 1 response by larry5729

Sounds like you measured things the way I did.

Call Soundings in Denver.  They specialize in Master Setting.  This is the best way to set things up.  After doing so, you will enjoy the sound in different sitting positions in the room.  Nice when having people over to listen over a few glasses of wine.  The more you drink, the better the sound.