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Originally Posted by bob katz  Sorry, Philip, that statement makes absolutely no sense and you have produced confused logic. Yes, polarity does have to do with monitoring, but once you have calibrated and checked the polarity of your monitoring you then have a reference system you can use to check the polarity of the source. Then, in your second sentence you have implied that somehow if you check your pre and power amps then differences in polarity will no longer be so audible? Huh? What exactly would you check?
Well, yes, non-linear distortion somewhere in a system (in a loudspeaker gap?) can make one polarity sound better than another, it is a variable, but it is not always the cause. I wouldn't know how to begin diagnosing that variable, anyway. Does anyone else technical here have a way?
Anyway, we have no control over the consumer's system, but for those consumers who care and who have set their systems correctly, we DO have control, so absolute polarity should matter, when it makes an audible difference. It's just that it's a relatively small phenomenon, some loudspeaker systems are more sensitive to it than others, it matters on some material more than others, and consequently, as mastering engineers we mostly have better things to do.
BK |
well, lot's of times when you "hear" absolute phase it is caused by inferior equipment.
No consumer (or me or you for that matter) can set their system correct cause there is no correct in practical terms.
Maybe in theory but most loudspeakers ****s the phase up so much it doesn't matter.