@jayctoy
even a single stereo volume controller, whatever it may be, has to equally attenuate each channel individually.
Just because it’s uniformly controlled by the same physical device, whether it is by reducing it through resistance, or another form of control, every channel will have an individual and distinct attenuation.
Two channel or home theater multi-channel, each circuit is actually individual - unless it’s mono.
I am not saying I am right, in that I have absolutely solved the issue. It may be a bad valve, it just seems that when you changed the volume, the issue wasn’t attenuated along with the volume, it corrected it.