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In Reply to: Ping, Clark Johnsen. Polarity Question... posted by jea48 on August 6, 2005 at 14:10:49:
Don't forget that it was cut direct to disc. The reason for the recommendation may simply be that the recording chain they used resulted in the disc being cut in reverse polarity. Some components reverse polarity and some don't. Put a chain together and what comes out at the end may have reversed polarity. They may have decided to cut that way and tell you to reverse the polarity of your speakers rather than introduce another component to the chain in order to reverse the polarity once again at the cutting head in order to cut in correct polarity, on the basis that another component in the chain would be detrimental to overall quality in some way.David Aiken
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I believe I have found the answer to my original question It was right in front of my nose...
----------------------------------------------------------------------Re: Absolute polarity, How important? [message #29435 is a reply to message #29039 ] Thu, 18 November 2004 04:50
David Schober
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"I agree about the polarity tester. It's a must for every studio and essential when doing a live recording.""For those of you old enough to remember (like me), the old direct-to-disk records that Doug Sax's Sheffield Labs made had an interesting note somewhere in the liner notes. It read something like, "Audiophiles note: for maximum results, please switch the polarity of your speakers when playing this album." I remember reading that when I lived back in Texas wondering why they'd say something like that."
"Years later when working with Doug, I asked him about it. He explained to me that the cutting system he had in those days produced a reversed polarity LP. I don't remember the exact reason, but fixing it would have required another amp in the circuit. This was something he was unwilling to do as he felt the sonic detriment, if discernible on home systems, was a better compromise than the extra amp. I don't know why he couldn't just rewire the output stage. He didn't seem to be putting one over on me, but I was still wet behind the ears back then...."
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David, just as you said in your post, Doug Sax did not want to add any thing else to the signal path.
You may be right.
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