Volume imbalance

Appreciate the help, I think I am up for it. I wonder why Mike Sanders would put dual gang in them? I thought it was a mod someone did along the way to my unit. 

I would say no because it's the one on my iphone5 that I imagine is kinda hoaky. What difference would it make if I did though? I know it's off. I don't mean to sound curt. Thank you. 

Hi George, thanks for responding. It is an Alps Japan 89141 100kax2. They are in a vintage Quicksilver Full Function preamp. It is the later version with a single tube(5ar4)rectifier. I have gone for long periods of time listening through the tape outs without any volume control but with 39db of gain from the phono and 4.8mv output from the cart it is a bit much for me as Iike listening at less than realistic levels a lot of the time and the other times my other half gets annoyed when I tell her that I cannot turn it down. I don't think she believes me. So, I sacrifice to keep the peace and the sound is good enough but hey if there is a win win I'm all ears. 

At the price listed above for a stereo pair it would cost the same as two mono Khozmo stepped attenuators. Eyeballing it would be tight but they should fit. There would be even more room if I pulled out the 20db attenuation switch between pots that I've never used and I'm wondering if this in the signal path when switched to 0db?? I wish I was more techy. 

@yogiboy you were right, he fixed it, over the phone : ) 

He suggested going between detents as pots are continuous. Bingo! 

Doesnt address the quality issue vs. other options but my chief issue is behind me for now. Thanks all who chimed in.