In Reply to: RE: It's easy, IF your speakers meet certain requirements. posted by Dave Pogue on January 15, 2016 at 07:33:26:
I can easily hear the difference resulting from speaker cable switch but not as clearly from the DAC switch. This is what I hear generally: in one orientation the sound stage is bigger, more open and the bass seems a bit "better", in the other orientation everything shrinks down very slightly, the mid range and bass become less full sounding (music is a bit washed out).
This is without a doubt the analysis/comparison that very quickly drives me nuts. Switching from the speakers is clearly audible but takes too much time to do regularly and the DAC phase switch is subtle so I usually don't bother because in general I like and enjoy the sound I hear in my system. One way sounds better on a one song and vice versa on another song, sometimes I hear a difference that seems worth it and sometimes not. I listen to probably around 5-25 hours of music a week in my system, comparing phase would probably reduce this to 1-5 hours a week!:)
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- RE: It's easy, IF your speakers meet certain requirements. - TubeDriver 11:35:17 01/15/16 (3)
- RE: It's easy, IF your speakers meet certain requirements. - Dave Pogue 12:06:38 01/15/16 (2)
- RE: It's easy, IF your speakers meet certain requirements. - TubeDriver 13:06:32 01/15/16 (1)
- RE: It's easy, IF your speakers meet certain requirements. - Dave Pogue 14:06:18 01/15/16 (0)