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Old 26th June 2008   #8
andy_simpson
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ethan Winer View Post
In my experience any audible difference is probably due to asymmetrical loudspeaker nonlinearity. That is, the speaker itself responds differently for different wave directions.

--Ethan
Brass instruments often show extremely asymetrical waveforms when recorded, so in this case it could be interesting to reverse polarity.

I'm sure there were some 'listening tests' done involving a trumpet recording, but I can't remember who did them.

Andy
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