It just seems to me that if I pan the style section to either left or right channel alone, there's a difference in sound that I can only describe as less wide, less expanded, more narrow and dry in sound.

I don't know if L+R gives the same effect, I never used it that way. I have a z2300 connected to it (2 satellites + boom box) and that remains stereo.

John

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