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In Reply to: Re: Mr Hansen.... for your consideration of a new SACD player posted by Charles Hansen on March 3, 2007 at 19:27:35:
What is your take on this ?Thanks
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Two reasons we don't offer one:a) Contrary to most people's experience (either they don't hear a difference, or they find that the correct polarity varies from recording to recording), I have found a different experience. The first time I had a system that was resolving enough to tell when one polarity was correct and the other was wrong, I listened to about 25 different discs. They all sounded best with the system in the *same* (correct) polarity. So I think it makes a difference, but not necessarily from recording to recording.
I'm sure I'll take a lot of heat for this, but that's what I heard. And maybe I'm wrong, so I reserve the right to change my mind in the future.
2) The entire idea of a polarity switch is completely antithetical to what we are trying to achieve with our products. The idea is to go home after a hard day's work, turn on the stereo and "bliss out". No muss, no fuss.
But to add a polarity switch is like spiking someone's drink with LSD -- it's just a way to introduce neurosis (if not psychosis!). Instead of enjoying the music, now you have to sit and listen intently to each track on every disc you own, flipping the switch back and forth until you are sure which way is "correct". Then write down the "correct" setting in some notebook so that the next time you listen to the disc you can study the notebook and make sure the switch is in the "correct" position.
And that's just for CD. For analog sources, there is no way to add a polarity switch without degrading the sound quality. Then you are doubly screwed.
No thanks. I don't want any part of that insanity. If you do, that's fine, you should probably just buy somebody else's equipment.
CharlesThanks for your honest reply and participation.
I am still a novice to all of this, but I have very resolving speakers (Magie 20.1s) and hope soon to upgrade to your C5xe.
I don't know what I'm missing (or not) since I have never gotten to play with this feature, but thought it sounded "cool", until you read that many of the bigger maggies are out of phase between the base and mid/tw panels anyway - so unsure if I could even hear it.
I value your responses ad approach to music, so I wondered what was your take.
"The idea is to go home after a hard day's work, turn on the stereo and "bliss out". No muss, no fuss."
I AGREE !!!!!
Thanks
Wrong, but perfectly understandable :-)I didn't ask for a system that displays polarity differences so audibly. But I've got one, and when I hear something in the "wong" polarity, it usually bugs me until I get up and switch the speaker cables. Not my favorite indoor sport, but there it is.
HowdyI agree wholeheartedly. Personally I hate tweaking random settings on my system. I prefer one, volume.
I have friends with speakers with 6 or 8 knobs, others with equalizers, others with loading controls for their TT cartridges... Me, I wish I didn't have even the cross over knobs on my sub :)
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