pfarrell;478515 Wrote: > kphinney wrote: > > Okay, so in this case 'out of phase' is the same as 'polarity > reversed'. > > The common case of a speaker wire being reverses is out of phase > relative to the other speaker. > > I don't know what the official definition of "polarity reversed" is, > but > if you reversed both speakers, they would be in phase but not in > purist > audiophile "true phase" > > I don't believe that audiophile "true phase" is meaningful, as right > after the kick drum head comes towards you, it goes away from you. > > > -- > Pat Farrell > http://www.pfarrell.com/
On a personal trial a moment ago I reversed the wiring on one of my speakers. (Two channel system, tubes driving single Fostex full range.) An Unbelievable Difference. At first I thought I found musical nirvana, but about 10 seconds into listening, it was quickly replaced with nauseating oddities. Really, it was that quick and noticeable. A once beautiful 'Just Roll Tape' track at first sounded like my two speakers turned into many, then I realized that Stills was not in the center of the stage, but floating back and forth and his lone guitar was both in my head and somewhere in a different room. Thanks to lessons from Dad, I've always been careful to hook up the speaker polarity correctly, sometimes tracing a side-by-side strand of wire from amp to speaker if it wasn't labeled legibly. Now I'm certain I could tell if one speaker was inverted in a two channel set up. I played with only two other tracks (a Pink Floyd and a Yo-Yo Ma); both were interesting, but not what stereo music should sound like. Perhaps this is what some manufacturers of bookshelf systems do to induce "concert hall" mode? The music was everywhere, but not locked down and sensible. 5% Hmmm, 95% Ouch. -- kphinney -I like it, you may not. I understand and respect that.- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kphinney's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10409 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70323 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
