I'm pretty certain I'm describing my situation pretty consistently.

I am sitting on the left side of the car. Left hand drive.

If I adjust the *balance* controls far left, the right speakers emit no sound.

If I adjust the *balance* controls far right, the left speakers emit no sound.

If I adjust the time delay to the right, the sound stage moves to the left.

If i adjust the time delay to the left, the sound stage sounds like garbage.

I am pretty sure I did not describe the situation any other way.

I discovered this morning that my patch cables (home) was wired up backwards (!!). I swapped the patch cables to the correct configuration and now even the headphone test duplicates the above described behavior. If I adjust the delay to the right, the soundstage center moves to the left.

Calvin