Stereo channel balance/image


I just recently setup a rega p3 turntable with a cambridge 540p phono preamp on my system. I noticed that there is somewhat of a channel imbalance. The left speaker is just slightly weaker than the right speaker. I tested every possible thing , moving the speakers, swapping the wires, changing interconnects and i've come to the conclusion that it is not the amp. There's something definetely wrong with the turntable or the phono preamp it only seems to happen when I play vinyl. Strange thing is when I played Bob Dylan's "love and theft" lp, the stereo image seemed just right same thing for the "bringing it all back home" 180g lp... I also noticed that the right woofer is working and "thrumping" more than the left when the music is louder. Does any know why this is hapening? Any suggestions?
decapg

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Thats what I thought well i've come to the conclusion that its either my amp or my cd player, I now notice it on cd's aswell. Tried everything the only thing left to do is to test the speaker wires. This is driving me nuts. Is imbalance usually common in gear?
Ghosthouse: i'm not sure what you mean when you say "switch TT leads into phono pre-amp first or switching phono pre-amp leads next"? Do you mean connecting the turntable's rca's into the output of the phono preamp instead of the phono input? Thanks in advance.