jsrtheta wrote,
"It is certainly best to keep polarity correct and consistent throughout the recording chain, and it is also recommended. But given the number of processes and amount of gear in modern recording it is difficult, and not a priority, to police polarity. Why not a priority? Because recording engineers don’t find polarity issues to be audible or important. I’ve never heard of an engineer listening to playback and leaping out of his chair yelling "Stop!" because the polarity was reversed. They can’t tell any better than anyone else.
See below for a random snip snip ✂️ from George Louis’ Polarity list of non inverting polarity N and reverse polarity R CDs and CD labels. You tell me, does this look random?
I hate to judge too quickly but it appears they are not "keeping the polarity correct and consistent throughout the recording chain." Obviously polarity must not be a priority. But then neither is dynamic range. I hate to,judge before all the facts are in but there appears to be quite a wide gap between what audiophiles consider good sound and what recording engineers consider good sound.
London N
M*A R
M*A Recordings – Bruce Stark, piano – Dream song R
MAD-KAT Records – Kitty Margolis – Live at The Jazz Workshop R
Mapleshade N
Mark Levinson – Red Rose Music-– Volume one R
Maxell Studio Series headphones R
MCA GRP – Rob Wasserman (etc.) – Trios R
MCA Zebra* – David Grisman Acousticity R
Mercury Living Presence R
Mercury R
MHS Musical Herritage Society N
Milestone –The Kenny Drew, Jr. Trio – Winter Flower R
MOBILE FIDELITY MFSL (Polydor original R) – Eric Clapton Slowhand R
MOBILE FIDELITY SOUND LAB ORIGINAL MASTER RECORDING ULTRA DISC UHR GAIN 2 –(hybrid SACD) Patricia Baber – Café Blue R
MOBILE FIDELITY SOUND LAB ULTRA DISC II (original Verve – R) – Getz/Gilberto R
MOBILE FIDELITY ULTRA DISC II SAMPLER – (multiple original CDs) MP
Mode 26 (Records) R
MOTOWN – Diana Ross – Lady Sings the Blues R
MSFL Original Master Recording – Jim Hall – Concierto R
Music from BMI*- BLUE NOTE – Patricia Barber – Live a Fortnight in France R
MuSick – Evan foster – Instrumentals R
N Coded Music N
Naim – Charlie Haden & John Taylor R
Nakamichi Bridiging Adaptor BA-100 N
Narada R
Narada Collection Series R
Nature Recordings R
NAXOS R
NEC CD-730, CD-830D CD players N
NEW WORLD RECORDS R
Nimbus Records English Stsring Orchestra – Mendelssohn Complete String symphonies R
Nonesuch R
Nonesuch – Mandy Patnkin – Oscar & Steve R
NOVUS (BMG RCA) – Marcus Roberts – The Truth s Spoken Here R
Oppo BDP-95 CD, DVD, SACD, DVD-A, Blu-ray player R
Opus 3 R
Opus 3 – Depth of Image Test Record 1 R
"It is certainly best to keep polarity correct and consistent throughout the recording chain, and it is also recommended. But given the number of processes and amount of gear in modern recording it is difficult, and not a priority, to police polarity. Why not a priority? Because recording engineers don’t find polarity issues to be audible or important. I’ve never heard of an engineer listening to playback and leaping out of his chair yelling "Stop!" because the polarity was reversed. They can’t tell any better than anyone else.
See below for a random snip snip ✂️ from George Louis’ Polarity list of non inverting polarity N and reverse polarity R CDs and CD labels. You tell me, does this look random?
I hate to judge too quickly but it appears they are not "keeping the polarity correct and consistent throughout the recording chain." Obviously polarity must not be a priority. But then neither is dynamic range. I hate to,judge before all the facts are in but there appears to be quite a wide gap between what audiophiles consider good sound and what recording engineers consider good sound.
London N
M*A R
M*A Recordings – Bruce Stark, piano – Dream song R
MAD-KAT Records – Kitty Margolis – Live at The Jazz Workshop R
Mapleshade N
Mark Levinson – Red Rose Music-– Volume one R
Maxell Studio Series headphones R
MCA GRP – Rob Wasserman (etc.) – Trios R
MCA Zebra* – David Grisman Acousticity R
Mercury Living Presence R
Mercury R
MHS Musical Herritage Society N
Milestone –The Kenny Drew, Jr. Trio – Winter Flower R
MOBILE FIDELITY MFSL (Polydor original R) – Eric Clapton Slowhand R
MOBILE FIDELITY SOUND LAB ORIGINAL MASTER RECORDING ULTRA DISC UHR GAIN 2 –(hybrid SACD) Patricia Baber – Café Blue R
MOBILE FIDELITY SOUND LAB ULTRA DISC II (original Verve – R) – Getz/Gilberto R
MOBILE FIDELITY ULTRA DISC II SAMPLER – (multiple original CDs) MP
Mode 26 (Records) R
MOTOWN – Diana Ross – Lady Sings the Blues R
MSFL Original Master Recording – Jim Hall – Concierto R
Music from BMI*- BLUE NOTE – Patricia Barber – Live a Fortnight in France R
MuSick – Evan foster – Instrumentals R
N Coded Music N
Naim – Charlie Haden & John Taylor R
Nakamichi Bridiging Adaptor BA-100 N
Narada R
Narada Collection Series R
Nature Recordings R
NAXOS R
NEC CD-730, CD-830D CD players N
NEW WORLD RECORDS R
Nimbus Records English Stsring Orchestra – Mendelssohn Complete String symphonies R
Nonesuch R
Nonesuch – Mandy Patnkin – Oscar & Steve R
NOVUS (BMG RCA) – Marcus Roberts – The Truth s Spoken Here R
Oppo BDP-95 CD, DVD, SACD, DVD-A, Blu-ray player R
Opus 3 R
Opus 3 – Depth of Image Test Record 1 R