yes that's right - same as reversing the speaker cables. There was a theory that we could detect the phase polarity of the initial transient (ie when you hit a bass drum, the skin moves out first then in as it springs back - and that the speaker cone should move the same way so that the initial "wavefront" mimics the real world).
Having spent thousands of hours in studios, I'm not convinced, personally. However, as no-one knows what the "correct" phase of any given recording is...some people will sit there switching polarity trying to decide which sounds best. The problem with this of course is that they are listening to the impact of phase changes as reproduced by the speakers interacting with the air in the room and the room itself - and this is a "chaos engine" - the outcome is going to vary according to time of day, air humidity, room pressure loading etc...I've seen people mark CD's with a "polarity" setting and then get puzzled when they subsequently disagree with their own choice. S -- Phil Leigh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22118 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
