I already replaced the foam around the woofers. I don't think it's the speakers. They both sound great and when I changed the balance of the pre-amp they both sounded equally loud and the music still sounds very good. Yes, before I buy I will get the pre-amp checked out to see if it can be fixed but with a new amp and cd player I'm kinda looking at a possible upgrade with the pre-amp too. You know that upgrade bug.
Replace pre-amp
I have a Lazurus cascade tube pre-amp. I like the sound but one channel gain is lower than the other and I don't know if a fix is cost effective or not? Yes, I've tried different tubes. Any recommendations on a tube pre-amp with phono stage for $1500 or less that would be as musical as the Lazurus? Thanks. I have an SS Oddysey Stratus extreme amp, Nestorovic 5 AS speakers and a Marantz 2400 sacd/cd player.