I should have known that I wasn't nuts when I thought that there was something off in the sound mix on this thing.

According to The Digital Bits, CBS is now aware there's an audio mastering bug that affects seven episodes on the Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1 Blu-ray set. The 7.1 tracks bleed audio from the center channel into the Front Left and Frot Right channels. The affected episodes are Encounter at Farpoint, Hide and Q, The Big Goodbye, Datalore, 11001001, and Too Short a Season.

I thought it was just flawed source.