In Reply to: two sources, 2 polarities. What to do? posted by csintx on January 30, 2007 at 08:00:16:
Just reverse the wires to the phono cartridge. That's the easy part.The difficult part is that LPs have unpredictable absolute phase, when they have absolute phase at all. Multi-mic'd recordings, for example: Pick a phase, any will do.
I'd say reverse the wires to the cartridge, and if an album sounds like the absolute phase is wrong, reverse the speaker leads.
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- Easy...and not - lipmanl 08:31:17 01/30/07 (20)
- This is the best answer, but wouldn't it be nice to be able to just switch on the line stage to invert? nt - Norm 09:20:53 01/30/07 (19)
- [Sigh] nt - clarkjohnsen 11:55:53 01/30/07 (18)
- Re: [Sigh] nt - lipmanl 13:25:52 01/30/07 (17)
- "I don't understand the issue you have with absolute phase." Where have you been? - clarkjohnsen 14:01:17 01/30/07 (16)
- Clark, it was you in my room who used such a switch to change polarity to what you preferred. nt - Norm 16:53:00 01/30/07 (15)
- Norm, I *always* try to correct the polarity; what are you saying? nt - clarkjohnsen 18:42:48 01/30/07 (14)
- Is "correct the polarity" proper terminology? ( nt) - soulfood 07:18:00 01/31/07 (0)
- Re: Why are you sighing to my post? nt - Norm 20:36:19 01/30/07 (12)
- Because there are *so few* line stages on which to do that "nice" operation! Geez Luiz... nt - clarkjohnsen 11:27:03 01/31/07 (11)
- That is indeed the case. Why? nt - Norm 05:52:46 02/02/07 (10)
- Notice, the designated antagonist is at his charming best worst below. And you wonder why folks miss out on polarity!... - clarkjohnsen 10:11:50 02/02/07 (1)
- Now, you see, SETTING YOU STRAIGHT isn't bullying... - SE 10:59:13 02/02/07 (0)
- Good question. I think because people are so used to high amounts of phase distortion; polarity gets subsumed. Also... - clarkjohnsen 09:56:56 02/02/07 (7)
- But, of course, the REALLY sad part about you and polarity... - SE 10:05:18 02/02/07 (3)
- ...in other words (ready?)... - SE 10:21:51 02/02/07 (2)
- Another charmingly ditzy post from someone who knows naught of what he preaches. - clarkjohnsen 10:45:02 02/02/07 (1)
- Whatever. You're dismissed. n/t - SE 10:50:09 02/02/07 (0)
- In comparison to the likes of YOU clarkwit... - SE 10:00:43 02/02/07 (2)
- A delightfully typical post. Thank you! Now to make sure it isn't erased... - clarkjohnsen 10:04:28 02/02/07 (1)
- Consistency meets consistency. n/t - SE 10:06:39 02/02/07 (0)