Speakers on Aluminum 13" Macbook

Hi, Im pretty new at this whole Mac thing. I just got my Macbook on monday and ive been pretty busy so not until today did i try out the speakers to the fullest and couldnt help but notice that there is a difference between the left side and the right side. The thing is when i change the balance, sound comes from both, but the left seems a little softer and doesnt have as much feedback and the right one. Might this be a hardware problem with the speakers or might this be a problem with the mother board? Thanks in advance.

Hi,
I received my new aluminium macbook, I had ordered if from Vancouver, BC was getting nice deal from compu2000.com for (CAD$1349.99 + 5% tax + CAD$19.99 UPS Express) only since I live in Ontario, Canada. Because if you go buy it from bestbuy, it costs CAD$1400 + 13% tax = cad$1582.00
Anyways I noticed the similar problem, when I first turned it on and heard the Apple sound it seemed to be coming more from the right side. Then I tried to adjust balance of the speaker and found out that left speaker has low bass intensity output, whereas the right speaker has high bass intensity output. I read somewhere else that the subwoofer on these macbooks has been fitted towards the right side which maybe causing this issue. If that is the case the is a huge design flaw by Apple. I am really disappointed.
I called Apple Tech. support and the guy told me he never heard of such issues and told me that there might be a hardware issue, so I am planning to take it to an authorized service center to hopefully fix this thing.
Will keep u posted.

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