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Ok to adjust balance to achieve center vocal image?

I have an all analog tube vinyl system and don’t remember having to adjust my balance setting in order to achieve a center vocal image. I do now though. I’m getting a left leaning vocal image with the balance set to zero. Is there a good way to see if this can be fixed so I don’t need to balance adjust to achieve a center vocal image? Could it be a preamp tube going out? Something else? Any harm in just continuing to adjust the balance - meaning am I experiencing any signal loss doing so? 
Thanks! Paul
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Your system is weighted towards one side. There are a host of things that could be doing this. This is what a balance control is for. So adjust it until you get the image you like. I have to make minor adjustments all the time
just because the program is weighted towards one side or the other.
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