Distribution, almost always. Post-war tract ducts were sized for the original plan, then patched across decades of remodels, and the longest run, usually the far bedroom, starves first. The read that settles it is a room by room airflow and leakage measurement, and the fix is duct work, sealing, resizing, or a return path, not a larger condenser pushing harder into the same leaks.
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