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Originally Posted by Lupo  The number one in the chesky sampler and test disk series. It's hard to argue using ears against ears, but I do have a quite nifty listening room and it's no doubt in my ears - most of the sounds on the first tracks does sound fuller and better and more real with the listening path in non-inverting mode. Perhaps your ears are different? |
I wasn't speaking of sound quality. Of course music sounds better when played with regard for Absolute Polarity! I must assume that Track 1 reproduces correctly in your system, which I gather has a fixed (i.e. unadjustable) polarity. But then you're faced with Tracks 2, 4, and 6.
Nor have you (or anyone) explained why the polarity of Track 1 should be what's called "inverted" later on.
For what it's worth, my polarity calls are made on a system that employs "minimum phase" loudspeakers -- single-order crossovers. Anything higher pretty much destroys the polarity sense.
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................If your system consistently sounds better on track 16 than on track 14, perhaps you should try to use the polarity tester as it's intended - with the test tones.  |
First, to repeat, I always use my ears first. Second, one of the intentions of the SMART device was for the very use I put it to.
clark