Does absolute polarity matter?


After read David Kan's review of Trends Audio TA-10 Tripath amplier (http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/winsome/mouse.html) I reversed the polarity of my speaker connections from my bel canto eVo 6 amplifier. My eVo 6 drives my front three speakers of my 6.1 channel A/V system and I use a Marantz SR 7200 as my preamp. So far everythings sounds at least as well as before the change. But I'm curious as to why my Sunfire Jr. subwoofer is not out of phase now. The sub is connected to Marantz's main speaker output using the speaker level input on the sub. Has any other class T amp owners tried reversing the speaker polarity or absolute polarity of your systems and heard any difference?
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Polarity matters. It seems that power polarity makes a bigger difference. Components can be wired in reverse from your house power and power cords can be wired in reverse. I guess when you change the speakers terminal around this causes a reverse phase effect. I have some Xindak power cords that are wired opposite from my other cords. I re-wired the cord at the male plug and the sound became more spacious. This cord sounds much more elegant and made for warm sounding gear. Very good extension on top.
There is another trick at the breaker as well. Would you believe one breaker can sound better than another? I have two dedicated breakers coming in and one sounds better than the other. When a system becomes more resolving you can hear the differences. I now just use my left dedicated circuit.