L&R Channels flipped

[synsei]

I have a strange problem somewhere inside my 'puter, it is outputting with the left and right channels reversed through its coaxial digital port, how can that be? I have checked all the relevant cabling in the system and it is all as it should be so there is definitely something awry in the computer...

[Gordon Steadman]

probably a Friday machine!! However, I assume you can just reverse the first set of leads at the analogue bit!!?

[PaulStewart]

Dave,

What computer is it? on Macs the audio midi control panel can be used to assign channels correctly, if it's a pc I don't know as I never use them, but there may be an equivalent.

[synsei]

probably a Friday machine!! However, I assume you can just reverse the first set of leads at the analogue bit!!?

Hi Gordon, that would mean reversing the leads out of the DAC therefore the CDP channels would be reversed in which case...

Dave,

What computer is it? on Macs the audio midi control panel can be used to assign channels correctly, if it's a pc I don't know as I never use them, but there may be an equivalent.

I built the thing myself years ago Paul and honestly, I wouldn't know where to begin as I have forgotten so much it is scary... It is a Win 7 PC and the mobo is an Asus P5Q SE IIRC. The coaxial digital port is on the mobo.

[Macca]

If it was working fine up til now then you must have changed something - have you fiddled with the audio settings recently? I'm guessing you've tried turning it off and turning it back on again

This is why I don't fancy computer audio - computers have a nasty habit of suddenly doing things differently even when you have not touched anything. Then it's tedious hours spent sorting it out.

[synsei]

If it was working fine up til now then you must have changed something - have you fiddled with the audio settings recently? I'm guessing you've tried turning it off and turning it back on again

This is why I don't fancy computer audio - computers have a nasty habit of suddenly doing things differently even when you have not touched anything. Then it's tedious hours spent sorting it out.

I have a rather embarrassing admission to make, I think it has been like this for a very long time, possibly since I built the thing back in 2008 The thing is, I usually listen with my back to the speakers (don't ask, please) so of course the channels sound correct in this orientation, but lately I have adopted a more serious stance when listening to music (facing the correct way for example ) and I am listening to more orchestral music than I have previously so it is this which has alerted me to the problem as the strings are playing out of the right speaker and the brass is coming out the left, which isn't right of course.

[ZebuTheOxen]

Is this all sounds or just your music output?

If you can't swap the cables over physically (reading what you've put would suggest this) there is usually an option in your player software to swap channels.

In Foobar2000, the software I use,'s options there is a DSP that swaps stereo channels. Which bit of player software are you using?

[Covenant]

I have a rather embarrassing admission to make, I think it has been like this for a very long time, possibly since I built the thing back in 2008 The thing is, I usually listen with my back to the speakers (don't ask, please) so of course the channels sound correct in this orientation, but lately I have adopted a more serious stance when listening to music (facing the correct way for example ) and I am listening to more orchestral music than I have previously so it is this which has alerted me to the problem as the strings are playing out of the right speaker and the brass is coming out the left, which isn't right of course.

It's nice to know our forum leaders do the silly things that the rest of us do!

[synsei]

Is this all sounds or just your music output?

If you can't swap the cables over physically (reading what you've put would suggest this) there is usually an option in your player software to swap channels.

In Foobar2000, the software I use,'s options there is a DSP that swaps stereo channels. Which bit of player software are you using?

It is all sounds Tom for example, if I am watching a TV show and a car sweeps from left to right on screen the sound travels from right to left. It wasn't an issue before when I was using a Classé pre-amp as I could set it via a control on the front panel to reverse the channels, so I would use that to correct the issue. Now I am using a passive pre I don't have that luxury

[brian2957]

I have a rather embarrassing admission to make, I think it has been like this for a very long time, possibly since I built the thing back in 2008 The thing is, I usually listen with my back to the speakers (don't ask, please) so of course the channels sound correct in this orientation, but lately I have adopted a more serious stance when listening to music (facing the correct way for example ) and I am listening to more orchestral music than I have previously so it is this which has alerted me to the problem as the strings are playing out of the right speaker and the brass is coming out the left, which isn't right of course.

Hah! You couldn't make that up Dave . I thought that I was the only one who did things like that . Lately I've been throwing out the teaspoon and keeping the teabag Might as well start the year as we mean to go on eh ?