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Audio on left speaker is way more quiet than the right speaker at low volumes

JorenBus

So I've posted this before, but the problem didn't get fixed.

I have my monitor sandwiched between 2 speakers. These are Logitech Z200 speakers.

When I'm playing music/watching a movie on low volume, the sound seems to come primarely out of the right speaker.

There does come sound out of the left speaker, but it's much quieter than the right one.

When I raise the volume up, the issue resolves itself and then it seems like the sound is coming from directly in front of me, as it should be. When I lower the volume again, the right speaker dominates again.

Is there any fix to this? This happens when I'm listening to music via Spotify, when I'm watching a movie, when I'm watching a Youtube video,...

The balance in Windows is also set correctly.

This is pretty annoying, does anyone have a fix?

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Sounds like Channel imbalance.

 

This is usually happens at lower volumes on certain amplifiers.  AFAIK the only solution is to find a different amp, or leave it at the volume where it doesn't occur.

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2 hours ago, Lays said:

Sounds like Channel imbalance.

 

This is usually happens at lower volumes on certain amplifiers.  AFAIK the only solution is to find a different amp, or leave it at the volume where it doesn't occur.

I don't have an amp atm. The speakers are in my dorm room, so playing music louder isn't an option. So basically I'm screwed? I do have headphones but I like to listen to music without them from time to time.

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1 minute ago, JorenBus said:

I don't have an amp atm. The speakers are in my dorm room, so playing music louder isn't an option. So basically I'm screwed? I do have headphones but I like to listen to music without them from time to time.

Lower the volume in windows. The issue comes from the potentiometer in the speaker volume control, so if you lower the windows volume and raise the speaker volume, that should fix all of that.

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3 minutes ago, KaminKevCrew said:

Lower the volume in windows. The issue comes from the potentiometer in the speaker volume control, so if you lower the windows volume and raise the speaker volume, that should fix all of that.

Ohh okay I will test that when I get home, thanks a lot!

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Case: NZXT S340 red/black                                      Case lighting: NZXT Hue+                          Mouse: Logitech G502

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