"Since you can correct for the inversion by reversing the speaker cables ..."
True enough, but since so many disks/tapes were recorded in inverted polarity, this gets to be a terminal pain in the butt. I did it for over a year, wearing out banana plugs in the process, but getting an Aesthetix Calypso (with polarity switching available via remote) was a godsend. If your speakers are really polarity-coherent, you NEED a better way to switch polarity, IMHO. Dave
True enough, but since so many disks/tapes were recorded in inverted polarity, this gets to be a terminal pain in the butt. I did it for over a year, wearing out banana plugs in the process, but getting an Aesthetix Calypso (with polarity switching available via remote) was a godsend. If your speakers are really polarity-coherent, you NEED a better way to switch polarity, IMHO. Dave