- Acoustic Polarity is not audible to everyone it seems.. - Abel McCain 04:15:56 07/03/09
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- In Reply to: RE: Might be a surprise to most...but this LP is out of phase. posted by william0 on July 02, 2009 at 23:14:35
"Acoustic Polarity" is the issue here. Some people who listen to this recording in "correct" polarity say that they notice huge improvements in naturalness of sound, soundstaging, etc... Others feel that the effects, if audible, are insignificant. Your ears and/or your entire system (especially your loudspeakers) might determine whether or not polarity changes are audible or significant to you. "Polarity" is mistakenly referred to as "phase" by many of us...
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- Agree, much easier to detect with full range electrostatic speakers ... - william0 05:09:32 07/03/09
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- In Reply to: RE: Acoustic Polarity is not audible to everyone it seems.. posted by Abel McCain on July 03, 2009 at 04:15:56
Acoustic Polarity - Hmmm. First time that I am hearing this term in 30 years of reading Audio writings.
Instead of hearing a forward movement of the speaker diaphragm, you are hearing the backward movement. So it is a phase issue. Both produces similar sound, but one is more direct and correct.
In amplifiers, some designs are phase inverted and they call it as such.
Anyway, I can hear it easily.
Another popular LP Janis Ian - Breaking silence is also phase inverted. Hear it in the correct phase and it would sound twice as good.
- Note to self: Avoid full range electrostatic speakers ;op (nt) - Fretless 14:12:59 07/03/09
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- In Reply to: RE: Agree, much easier to detect with full range electrostatic speakers ... posted by william0 on July 03, 2009 at 05:09:32
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- Note to self: Avoid full range electrostatic speakers ;op (nt) - Fretless 14:12:59 07/03/09
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- Agree, much easier to detect with full range electrostatic speakers ... - william0 05:09:32 07/03/09
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- Didn't the reissue fix the out of phase problem? (nt) - Funky Bob 02:18:49 07/03/09
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- In Reply to: RE: Might be a surprise to most...but this LP is out of phase. posted by william0 on July 02, 2009 at 23:14:35
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- Nada (nt) - william0 02:45:35 07/03/09
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- In Reply to: RE: Didn't the reissue fix the out of phase problem? (nt) posted by Funky Bob on July 03, 2009 at 02:18:49
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- Nada (nt) - william0 02:45:35 07/03/09
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