Lots of ideas here. If it were me, easily my first theory — especially since you said it was not previously doing this, presumably in the same room and with the same/similar gear — would be that my azimuth had fallen into a leaning position and the stylus was favoring one channel by a smidge. Lots of ways to check and adjust that, depending on your gear. Worth a few minutes on googling “turntable ... azimuth.” My second theory would be what someone above said: my room is such that I need to bring the weak side speaker an inch or two closer to the listening spot. This can be such an easy fix that it feels like cheating.
Ok to adjust balance to achieve center vocal image?
I have an all analog tube vinyl system and don’t remember having to adjust my balance setting in order to achieve a center vocal image. I do now though. I’m getting a left leaning vocal image with the balance set to zero. Is there a good way to see if this can be fixed so I don’t need to balance adjust to achieve a center vocal image? Could it be a preamp tube going out? Something else? Any harm in just continuing to adjust the balance - meaning am I experiencing any signal loss doing so?
Thanks! Paul
Thanks! Paul