Issue resolved. Turns out an opamp had failed in my headphone amp/dac, knocking out the right hand channel, and (coincidentally) my right hand laptop speaker has never worked, without me even knowing until now.
Change of op amps in headphone amp/dac and all is good again.
Thanks for the update and for confirming the root cause.
Glad to hear you were able to track this down — hardware issues like a failed op-amp can definitely mimic software or channel-mapping problems, so this is useful information for others who may encounter something similar.
Since everything is now working as expected, we’ll mark this thread as resolved.
Enjoy your listening, and feel free to reach out if anything else comes up.