Audio signal (3.5mm jack) constantly panned to the left.

Hiya,
I've had my Macbook Pro for over a year with no significant problems, however today when I plugged my headphones in and started to listen to music, the sound came out much stronger from the left earphone than the right.
I tested with different applications and different headphones and they all experience the same problem, however from the actual inbuilt speakers, sound is evenly distributed.
The sound is about 25-30% stronger in the left channel compared to the right.
Anyone else encountered this problem/worked out how to fix it?

I had the same problem and found that in Preferences > Sound I had the sound balance switched all the way to the right.
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I hope this works for you.

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