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In Reply to: RE: Why is inverting or non-inverting important? posted by Hornlover on June 07, 2017 at 08:53:54
But (1) I doubt that the distinction between phases is as easily made with instruments that operate predominantly at higher frequencies, and (2) if more than one microphone is recording more than one instrument, then the issue of phase relationships becomes very complex. (I don't doubt that you or someone else might still prefer one phase vs the other; I think that's mostly a function of the speakers and the listening room than of the recording.) I and some other listeners have found it impossible to distinguish phase difference, using my dipolar speakers.
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there are test LPs that test your speaker's phase
in and out of phase. on my system - you can tell
the difference.
But I do doubt that the reason you can hear it is because recorded music is monolithic in phase across frequencies, regardless of microphone(s), instruments, rooms, recordings, etc. (It's not.) On my own speakers, I suspect the reason I cannot hear an iota of difference between phases has to do with the fact that they are huge dipoles from top to bottom frequencies. I double-blinded my wife and then teen-age son while I switched back and forth; they could not hear any difference, either. This was on music, not test LPs. To my mind, music is what matters. I'm kind of glad I can't hear a difference, one fewer thing to obsess over.
That's an excellent post Lew!
I would highly recommend you and other inmates take a look at the excerpt from an AES oral history from Edgar Villchur - the founder of Acoustic Research and driving force behind acoustic suspension loudspeaker systems. The 2nd half of the "Loudspeaker Performance" excerpt (link below) is VERY interesting! While he's talking about loudspeakers what he discusses is widely applicable to any discussion of phase.
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The Mind has No Firewall~ U.S. Army War College.
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