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In Reply to: RE: Yes it DO! posted by b.l.zeebub on June 27, 2015 at 08:22:37
If all of this polarity nonsense is true and out of our control as consumers, I see no practical use for a polarity switch.
The novelty of a polarity switch is fun for a while but it wears off quickly. In my case, I can't imagine stressing over polarity with every new track with remote control in hand to switch back and forth.
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With most speakers, you're absolutely right. But if your speakers are polarity-coherent AND have minimal or no crossovers, like my Gallos, polarity is hard to ignore. I didn't hear it for decades. If you can't hear it, count your blessings.
If you get into that all you are doing is making a rod for your own back.
During recording nobody cares about polarity unless you use two microphones on the same source.
Take drums: They could be mic'd from above (inverted impulse) or below or from a distance (your guess at polarity is as good as mine) or a mixture of close mic'd and one or more room mics.
Then there is equalization during mixing or recording which also produces phase shifts.
In the end nobody cares because it is impossible to have absolute polarity unless you use one mic for everybody. Which is what they did in the '50s before stereo and multitrack recording.
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