"making sure that the nominal polarity of my system is correct." [Sigh] And just how...

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Topic - DAC chips - georgelouis 16:04:13 08/18/07 (108)

Don't matter as long as you use a test disk with a phase check track. * - mr grits 18:50:12 08/19/07 (2)

Do you mean "polarity"? It's an important distinction. So if you do... - clarkjohnsen 08:18:20 08/20/07 (1)

Do you have - unclestu52 12:38:46 08/20/07 (0)

Hey, how about we start counting minutes until "One Trick Pony" shows up? - Enophile 00:19:38 08/19/07 (5)

Let me guess... - Wellfed 00:23:16 08/23/07 (0)

Hey, stop pickin' on Clarke... - rlw 16:45:08 08/20/07 (3)

He can't mean me, Mr. Wainwright, because... - clarkjohnsen 08:48:12 08/21/07 (2)

You managed to leave 'absolute polarity' off your list (!txt) - pburant 09:22:25 08/21/07 (1)

absolut polarity - late 05:41:53 08/25/07 (0)

RE: DAC chips - Ric Schultz 16:47:03 08/18/07 (96)

My question just below, seems to be one that nobody cares to answer! - clarkjohnsen 08:42:08 08/21/07 (84)

Your question has been answered over and over - Ted Smith 11:28:52 09/05/07 (55)

"DAC chips don't make any assumptions about polarity." Who said they did? - clarkjohnsen 12:05:16 09/05/07 (54)

"Does your car turn left or right when you turn the steering wheel clockwise?" - Ted Smith 12:12:42 09/05/07 (53)

"Perhaps you didn't notice the post to which you were responding, or perhaps you didn't read it." LOL! - clarkjohnsen 12:24:02 09/05/07 (52)

ANSI/EIA 560-1990 - unclestu52 15:30:42 09/05/07 (48)

RE: ANSI/EIA 560-1990 - geoffkait 06:27:06 09/06/07 (47)

"The Standard you reference is irrelevent." Quite right. Which is why it makes no sense... - clarkjohnsen 13:32:47 09/06/07 (29)

May Well?? - rick_m 09:01:14 09/07/07 (27)

" Please oh polarity guru, clear the air, we wait with bated breath." I see... - clarkjohnsen 09:09:35 09/07/07 (26)

And I thought you wanted to teach. - rick_m 10:49:29 09/07/07 (24)

"I was expecting you to help." And why do you suppose I've spent these hours with you... - clarkjohnsen 10:57:53 09/07/07 (23)

Hey, my one liners to you are no worse than yours to myself and others. How does it feel? [nt] - Ted Smith 13:29:48 09/07/07 (2)

Great, not to have to read another long, rather rude, and mistaken essay! (Since you asked...) nt - clarkjohnsen 11:00:44 09/08/07 (1)

Same to ya buddy :) [nt] - Ted Smith 11:05:15 09/08/07 (0)

RE: And guess what? - rick_m 12:28:35 09/07/07 (19)

None of the above. - clarkjohnsen 10:40:48 09/08/07 (18)

Sweet! I shall await the revelation with bated breath. -txt - rick_m 12:43:22 09/08/07 (17)

I just told you the best part; have you no reaction? nt - clarkjohnsen 10:44:43 09/09/07 (16)

RE: I just told you the best part; have you no reaction? nt - rick_m 13:00:37 09/09/07 (14)

"My reaction to that is, which is right?" [Sigh] - clarkjohnsen 12:18:17 09/15/07 (13)

Oh, right! - rick_m 14:41:10 09/15/07 (12)

Indeed, but I'm looking for a way to make it more consistent. nt - clarkjohnsen 11:01:22 09/16/07 (7)

Where are you looking? - rick_m 15:13:59 09/16/07 (6)

Which standard should be THE standard? LOL! - clarkjohnsen 08:40:26 09/17/07 (5)

LOL!!!!! - unclestu52 11:06:56 09/17/07 (0)

RE: Which standard should be THE standard? LOL! - rick_m 09:36:48 09/17/07 (3)

But what if they *like* rap? Then: Chinese and Japanese music? nt - clarkjohnsen 09:40:36 09/17/07 (2)

Then we'd need to take it to the limit... - rick_m 10:02:28 09/17/07 (1)

He's a heck of a lot easier listen than that Oriental droning. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:34:10 09/18/07 (0)

That's where Clark's logic falls apart - unclestu52 15:16:54 09/15/07 (3)

RE: That's where Clark's logic falls apart - rick_m 17:36:02 09/15/07 (2)

RE: That's where Clark's logic falls apart - unclestu52 12:20:58 09/16/07 (1)

RE: That's where Clark's logic falls apart - rick_m 15:03:26 09/16/07 (0)

You answered only half - unclestu52 12:43:32 09/09/07 (0)

Actually we hoped that you wanted to learn, but alas... [nt] - Ted Smith 10:21:47 09/07/07 (0)

Wow! - unclestu52 14:51:55 09/06/07 (0)

Standards - unclestu52 11:29:57 09/06/07 (16)

RE: Standards - rick_m 12:26:22 09/06/07 (15)

I'm game - unclestu52 14:36:55 09/06/07 (0)

"As Clark would be quick to point out, may ALL be wrong." No, not quite. - clarkjohnsen 13:44:04 09/06/07 (13)

You keep putting words in people's mouths - Ted Smith 15:42:06 09/06/07 (7)

"Or you stand behind such flummery as..." - clarkjohnsen 09:05:34 09/07/07 (6)

Maintaining polarity isn't a subjective question. - Ted Smith 10:19:15 09/07/07 (5)

"All I have to do is use a scope with a well defined input." Unfortunately... - clarkjohnsen 10:48:20 09/07/07 (4)

As I've mentioned over and over - Ted Smith 13:20:52 09/07/07 (2)

"A CD with the correct polarity." No such animal! - clarkjohnsen 10:59:29 09/08/07 (1)

"A CD with the correct polarity." Sure there is, the one that gets the result you want - Ted Smith 11:26:31 09/08/07 (0)

The much maligned - unclestu52 11:27:37 09/07/07 (0)

RE: "As Clark would be quick to point out, may ALL be wrong." No, not quite. - rick_m 14:25:50 09/06/07 (4)

'I want my system to meet spec and blow when the data says to." Aha! - clarkjohnsen 08:36:44 09/07/07 (3)

RE: 'I want my system to meet spec and blow when the data says to." Aha! - rick_m 09:59:55 09/07/07 (2)

"making sure that the nominal polarity of my system is correct." [Sigh] And just how... - clarkjohnsen 10:31:14 09/07/07 (1)

AES 26 - unclestu52 11:43:34 09/07/07 (0)

Pardon me, if you indeed read it you didn't understand it [nt] - Ted Smith 15:21:21 09/05/07 (2)

"It is industry standard to have non-inverted output," he wrote... - clarkjohnsen 10:16:28 09/06/07 (1)

You're right - unclestu52 11:34:51 09/06/07 (0)

.wav editor. - ontrack2@gmail.com 02:23:12 09/03/07 (17)

Is it able to "monitor" polarity? nt - clarkjohnsen 09:13:18 09/03/07 (16)

RE: Is it able to "monitor" polarity? nt - ontrack2@gmail.com 18:27:07 09/03/07 (15)

"How else would I have stated that it could be used?" That's easy! - clarkjohnsen 09:47:15 09/04/07 (14)

Subframe=division of frame X10/100/1000 - ontrack2@gmail.com 18:28:10 09/04/07 (7)

Appreciate the offer, but the pitch won't work without... - clarkjohnsen 09:21:01 09/05/07 (6)

So close..yet, so far away (sigh) - ontrack2@gmail.com 10:20:35 09/05/07 (5)

You're not going to close the sale when you behave so rudely. - clarkjohnsen 10:35:43 09/05/07 (4)

RE: You're not going to close the sale when you behave so rudely. - ontrack2@gmail.com 12:52:37 09/05/07 (3)

"Revisit your education and... don't come knocking around here unless you have a purchase order." LOL! - clarkjohnsen 13:04:56 09/05/07 (2)

RE: "Revisit your education and... don't come knocking around here unless you have a purchase order." LOL! - ontrack2@gmail.com 17:00:33 09/05/07 (1)

Money down the drain, money down the drain. nt - clarkjohnsen 10:02:54 09/07/07 (0)

No DAC, preamp, amp, speaker or wire does what you are implying. - Ted Smith 10:01:13 09/04/07 (5)

"Is this the whole root of your weird posts and questions about polarity?" Down, boy. - clarkjohnsen 11:20:48 09/04/07 (4)

RE: "Is this the whole root of your weird posts and questions about polarity?" Down, boy. - unclestu52 11:31:37 09/05/07 (0)

Have it your way, I'm just trying to help you, but ... [nt] - Ted Smith 12:15:01 09/04/07 (2)

No, I was helping you. I answered your (implied) question! And the response? nt - clarkjohnsen 12:30:35 09/04/07 (1)

Right, "None so blind as those who will not see..." [nt] - Ted Smith 14:20:06 09/04/07 (0)

I guess as long as you can switch absolute polarity, it doesn't matter. - Enophile 14:19:25 08/21/07 (9)

Actually since Clark rejects every (a long and boring tale) - unclestu52 15:58:21 08/21/07 (8)

RE: Actually since Clark rejects every (a long and boring tale) - Ted Smith 17:09:43 08/21/07 (7)

"Clark lies." - clarkjohnsen 08:47:54 08/22/07 (4)

Clark lies. - unclestu52 21:02:05 08/24/07 (0)

Charges, charges - unclestu52 13:02:44 08/22/07 (1)

Irony - Cleantimestream 21:59:36 09/02/07 (0)

Not "badmouthing correct absolute polarity," just saying there is more to Hi Fi that that alone. - Enophile 10:02:50 08/22/07 (0)

Wow! - unclestu52 19:51:59 08/21/07 (1)

Great analogy, sir. - Enophile 22:35:27 08/21/07 (0)

How do you define the "input" polarity of a CD player? - clarkjohnsen 08:20:11 08/20/07 (1)

ANSI/EIA 560-1990 - unclestu52 12:26:13 08/21/07 (0)

RE: DAC chips - georgelouis 17:03:02 08/18/07 (1)

Maybe - unclestu52 19:07:12 08/18/07 (0)

RE: DAC chips - unclestu52 16:52:54 08/18/07 (6)

RE: DAC chips - Keny 01:06:02 08/19/07 (5)

Well..... - unclestu52 02:24:34 08/19/07 (4)

RE: Well..... - Keny 10:32:44 08/19/07 (3)

RE: Well..... - unclestu52 13:56:38 08/19/07 (2)

RE: Well..... - Keny 15:57:04 08/19/07 (1)

You are correct - unclestu52 17:08:19 08/19/07 (0)

Be warned folks, its still another idoitic Polarity post. [nt] - Steve Cortez 16:18:24 08/18/07 (1)

RE: Be warned folks, its still another idoitic Polarity post. [nt] - georgelouis 16:44:08 08/18/07 (0)

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"making sure that the nominal polarity of my system is correct." [Sigh] And just how... - clarkjohnsen 10:31:14 09/07/07 (1)

AES 26 - unclestu52 11:43:34 09/07/07 (0)

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