You don't say what brand of speakers you own? You want your left/right speakers to match (brand) your center for best voice match and sound stage.

Sorry, can't help on the fade in fade out. Have you tried hooking a different speaker temporarily to that channel to see if it happens, that would rule out the speaker.

You have a strange problem, but one I'm sure one of us can lick.

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