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I am pleased with my equipment and the sound, the deep and wide focused soundstage in particular. But, it seems that occasionally the instrument positions in the soundstage seem to wander a bit rather than remain firmly in place. Is anyone able to explain why this happens?
pfrank12
Movement is slight and subtle, but the soundstage is normally very focused and dimensional making the shifts noticeable to me.
Regarding my hearing, a valid question since I am 80 years old. But, if I can hear those subtle movements, how bad can it be?
Try reversing the speaker leads on one speaker and see if that corrects the problem!
Some discs do that on purpose. Hendrix use to love bouncing between channels. The more likely explanation is that you have a very narrow  sweet spot and you are moving your head. That will make instruments wander. For the perfect image you have to be in perfect phase between the speakers. As you change phase by drifting to one side or the other the instruments will appear to move. It is just the nature of the beast. 
that makes perfect sense; thanks.
does the "sweet spot" change with speaker placement?