Channel imbalance with turntable playback


So I’ve been having a slight channel imbalance for awhile now. Vocal tend to lean left and just overall left leaning gain. I swapped the L&R input on the phono preamp and it sounds way more balanced. Any harm in just leaving it or should I swap them back and figure out what the problem is causing this? Thoughts? Thank you!
paulgardner

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Yeah that’s what I suspect after doing some research. Does having the L&R inputs swapped doing anything to the sound quality?  Thanks for the reply!
@chakster even if I do find phase or polarity problems, how would I go about adjusting those?
@pragmasis I spoke too soon. The imbalance is still there but it’s on the right side now. I think after listening to the left leaning sound for so long it just seemed more balanced when swapped. I have since swapped the phono inputs back and will continue to trouble shoot. I swapped the red and white cartridge connectors and got a low hum but it sounded pretty good. I didn’t listen for very long because it was late at night and didn’t want to wake the neighbors. Regarding anti skate, I don’t think I can adjust this. I’m running the Clearaudio concept table with magnetic bering tone arm. 
@pragmasi Yeah I was only swapping the cart wires to see if the imbalance changed. Not intending to leave it that way.