pablolie wrote: > isnt that why many DACs allow you to invert polarity, because the source > material may be indistinct about it, and they let you find out if it > makes a difference? I have never heard one, btw.
In the really old days you get that button on some analog preamps for the same reasons :) The audibility of it has been debated so some decades it has been a a quite common option when they thought it did something . The current consensus seem to be that it does not matter in most cases I'm not up to speed with the research here is there some known fringe case when it does matter ? Btw my post about phasing power cords lack some info . It s does not alter the phase of the output signal at all , it concerns possible magnetic or electric noise influence. Quite obvius if our an engineer ( but not all of us are ) . -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102342 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
