hearing imbalance

Plaser,

I wish you luck trying to find an individual with equal hearing in both ears. I assume that you have not had a sudden change in your hearing, and are talking about normal differences (for example, it's very common for people who drive with the window down to have hearing loss in the left ear). Of course, there may be benefits to having your ears checked, but keep in mind that hearing tests are generally limited to only 8kHz.
There is a long-standing misconception on this issue. Your brain adapted to your asymmetrical hearing a long time ago, and has made periodic adaptations as your hearing has changed throughout your life. You hear EVERY sound through the same ears, warts and all, not just your stereo. Try an experiment--have another person speak to you from various directions and, with your eyes closed, point to where you hear the voice. If you haven't had a recent change to your hearing, I bet your finger aims directly at the person speaking. I also suspect you don't have a problem when listening to live music.
If I'm right, go diagnose and fix your stereo (or have it fixed). If, as a relative newbie, you need help finding where the problem lies, e-mail me.

I've tested hundreds of people and never once was the curve the same for both ears. About 15% or so have a "noticable" difference between ears as you seem to. You cold spend many hours testing yourself and money/gear trying to correct it. You could play around with a supertweeter and an L-pad on the left side but as we don't know the exact curves of both ears no one could say how much improvement that would bring or any other method of correction. But I would try the tweeter/L-pad. My guess is you would want something that crosses at 3-5K - again a guess.

ET

Well, it seems like it was impacted ear wax from probably using q-tips. I used over counter ear wax remover and it did wonders to improve my hearing on the right ear. Thanks for all the feedbacks.

Glad to hear your problem was solved so quickly and easily, Plaser!

That being said, a friend of mine who also tested hearing routinely told me that most American men have better hearing in their right ears. Why? Because we have spent a fair amount of time driving with the window open - kind of an auditory "truck driver's tan".

Excellent! Glad to "hear" that!

ET