I'm also affected by this one. Out of curiosity and desperation I've removed the volume applet from the panel and tried to change the balance via pavucontrol, everything works as it should be! Even launching gnome-volume-control and changing the balance there seems to be working.
I'm also affected by this one. Out of curiosity and desperation I've removed the volume applet from the panel and tried to change the balance via pavucontrol, everything works as it should be! Even launching gnome-volume- control and changing the balance there seems to be working.