positve negative??

Posted by: Steve Shochet on 12 December 2002

Hmmmm. I just realized, after 2 years, that I have had my speakers out of phase (?!) I never noticed that the outputs of the amp went +- -+. I guess I got used to the sound of it, because when I turned one of the wires upside down, all of the sudden the music seems to be coming from all over the place, with the singer having lost her focus. Did having the speakers out of phase cause an exagerated compressing of the music to the center, or is there something else going on. I'm very confused. Could I have caused some damage to my speakers from running one out of phase?

Steve

Posted on: 12 December 2002 by Steve Shochet

sorry, false alarm. I just took a second look, and seems my wires were molded to the plugs correctly to compensate (plugs also go +- -+.)

Steve

Posted on: 12 December 2002 by Jez Quigley

You reminded me of things years ago when speaker cable wasn't marked + - and we used to put a small battery across the two ends of the cable to see which way round it should go - ie. the cones extended forward. I'd completely forgotten about that, dunno if it might be harmful, but it didn't seem to be.

"All systems are perfectly designed to get the results they get."

Posted on: 13 December 2002 by David Stewart

Discovering you had your speaker connections out-of-phase for the last two years must be the cheapest upgrade you can get

David

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Posted on: 13 December 2002 by Roy T

and totally reversible, remember trust your ears you may evev have grown to like it reversed.

Posted on: 13 December 2002 by Paul Ranson

At least now you know what out of phase sounds like...

Paul