Why does one speaker on my home stereo system sound lower than the other?

Question

I have a Kenwood KR-A5040 Receiver, and I'm running two Kenwood Home Stereo Speakers with it. I notice that the right speaker sounds lower than the left even with the balance centered, if I use the balance k**b and turn all the way to the left that speaker is loud and sounds great, but turn to the right and it sounds much lower. Also sometimes when I'm using the radio the right speaker will cut out entirely and I have to fiddle with the balance k**b to get it to cut back in. All the connections with the speakers and receiver are correct and snug. Is the right speaker just going bad or is this something with the receiver? Everything else works fine besides this issue.

Answer 1

sounds like the speaker is bad

Answer 2

Sounds like the speaker could be blown, but the best way to confirm this is to swap the speaker connections on the back of the Kenwood. If the problem is now on the left speaker and no longer the right, then you know it is not the speaker, but more likely a problem with the Kenwood. Good Luck.

Answer 3

I would say its the reciever, a simple test to see if its the speaker is to swap them over and see if you still have the same problem with that channel.