2015 Razer Blade FHD - right speaker dying?

just started noticing that my left speaker is louder, but i also believe that it could be the right speaker being weaker now. i've tried playing around with Windows settings, Dolby settings, and finally Razer Surround.. but no matter what, the left speaker is more dominant. this was never an issue before. it's not that bad, but i first noticed it when i didn't realize i had my left hand on top of the left speaker while watching youtube. as soon as i lifted my hand, sound got clearer and louder. i then tried to do the same on the right, but not much change, so i believe the right speaker is just weaker now. maybe reinstalling sound drivers might help. anyone else have this issue?

 

There are one of two things going on:
1) Your sound is imbalanced between L/R speakers, because of a software setting somewhere; or
2) There is a hardware defect causing the sound difference.

So my questions to you are:
>> What happens when you plug in headphones? Do the headphones have proper L/R balance?
If the headphones show the same left-is-louder effect, then you know that the problem is in a software setting somewhere affecting L/R balance.

>> What happens when you go into sound settings, and manually adjust the balance to 100% left-balance, and then 100% right-balance? Do the two speakers have the same volume when you do this?
If the speakers do NOT sound equal volume when they are each set to 100% full balance for their respective side (e.g. left-side at 100% left-balance is louder than right-side at 100% right-balance), then you have a hardware defect. It is up to you if you want to spend the time, money, effort, etc to replace the defective part. But while you're here playing around with L/R balance, a quick workaround is to just adjust the L/R balance slider until the left and right speakers sound the same.