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Acoustic polarity, again

From "The Deafness of Today's Recording Industry" in the current issue of Positive Feedback Online:

"If the polarity is reversed, or if the recording is simply recorded "out of phase", a key aspect of the live performance is blunted. Most of the recording industry ignores this question of polarity."


I had a look at 50 speakers reviewed and measured in Stereophile, only 10 had all drivers connected in the same polarity. Which in turn means that when you invert polarity during playback, you won't hear the difference in most of todays speakers. If on the playback side manufacturers ignore the question so evidently, why should the recording industry introduce polarity standards?

By the same token, of those 40 speakers only a handful were time-aligned. Time-alignment produces a subtle but clearly audible effect. Why is time-alignment so evidently ignored, even in the most expensive speaker models?


Klaus


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Topic - Acoustic polarity, again - KlausR. 02:36:41 05/06/07 (113)

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