Are you?
Unnecessary. Comments like that are the reason I rarely look at this site.
BTW-Only one woofer was out of phase in my friend's system. The other speaker in the cabinet was in phase.
Why does it take time to perceive any difference? That could be due to musical content and aural acclimation. It took a while for me to notice the drop off at my friend's house depending on the musical mix, seating position, and volume level. Consider also that perfect wave cancellation can only occur with monaural material, so the musical mix plays a big factor in the listener's perception.
One of the reasons the old preamps had a mono switch was to help set the azimuth when mounting a phono cartridge. Wire one channel of the cartridge or speakers out of phase, place the preamp in mono and adjust the cartridge's azimuth till the bass response seemed minimal. This procedure works on the principle that wave cancellation can only occur when both channels are in phase, which can only occur when the cartridge is properly aligned. After the alignment procedure, the speaker or cartridge was restored to it's proper phase and the preamp was returned to stereo operation.
Unnecessary. Comments like that are the reason I rarely look at this site.
BTW-Only one woofer was out of phase in my friend's system. The other speaker in the cabinet was in phase.
Why does it take time to perceive any difference? That could be due to musical content and aural acclimation. It took a while for me to notice the drop off at my friend's house depending on the musical mix, seating position, and volume level. Consider also that perfect wave cancellation can only occur with monaural material, so the musical mix plays a big factor in the listener's perception.
One of the reasons the old preamps had a mono switch was to help set the azimuth when mounting a phono cartridge. Wire one channel of the cartridge or speakers out of phase, place the preamp in mono and adjust the cartridge's azimuth till the bass response seemed minimal. This procedure works on the principle that wave cancellation can only occur when both channels are in phase, which can only occur when the cartridge is properly aligned. After the alignment procedure, the speaker or cartridge was restored to it's proper phase and the preamp was returned to stereo operation.