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left speaker is louder than right speaker

The volume on my two channel system is off center. When I reverse cables, the volume reverses to the other speaker. When I press mono on my Sonic Frontier pre the sound does become centered. I can manually lower the left channels volume but prefer a fix. Any suggestions?
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rwwear
2,866 posts
 
Maybe some corrosion in the headphone jack.
bondmanp
1,804 posts
 
I have a similar issue with my used C-J PV11 preamp. I will try mono, and switching around cables. No headphone jack, so I can't try that fix. I suppose there could be issues with other components in your preamp (caps, op-amps, etc.). In my situation, I think that the asymetrical layout is causing an acoustic imbalance between channels.
rwwear
2,866 posts
 
Start at the source Bondmanp. If it occurs when playing CDs, try reversing the left and right outputs on it.
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