I'm almost too embarrassed to ask, but.....


I would have never given this a thought but, I was recently watching the DVD concert, "Sting: Live from the Universal Amphitheater" and noticed that the trumpet was coming through the speaker on my left but, the trumpet player was standing to my right of the TV screen. Note that this is strictly two channel. I thought that perhaps my speaker wires needed to be switched on my amp. What I found was the right output on my amp corresponds to the speaker that sits to my right as I face the speakers. So my dumb question is, should the right channel speaker sit to the right as you face it, or to the right as you look from the speakers' perspective??? Call me crazy!
Hopefully, I'm not dense and the recording was not mixed properly.

Thanks again.

2chnlben
2chnlben

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Okay. I wish I hadn't asked that one! The more I think about it, the more I realize I knew the answer to my own dumb question (how many times has that happened?). I'm getting a little slower with age but, I'm sure I was sharp enough to hook the right and left channels up correctly, even though that was some time ago (haven't had a cable change in a while!)

Thanks.
Mdomnick, the phase invert on my preamp was set on reverse (for a reason). Sure enough, when I switched back to normal, the trumpet player on the Sting DVD, as mentioned above, came through the right speaker (which is correct). The reason I switched the Invert to reverse in the first place is because an audio dealer told me that the preamp I am using (a modded Musical Design SP1) was designed such that the signal is inverted and for best results I should wire my speakers out of phase. Rather than wire the speakers out of phase, I simply inverted the switch on the preamp. The dealer told me that in order to make the gain path as simple as possible, the design of the SP1 eliminated a stage that causes the signal to become inverted. I have not done any follow up to see if this is actually the case. I simply took his word.
Who would have thought this silly question would have generated such a dilemma??!! 2chnlben
Lugnut, you are right. Thanks for jogging my brain. The reverse switch on my preamp has nothing to do with the phase. It only reverses the right and left channels. Now, my DAC does have an switch that will invert the phase. So, if it is as simple as I think it is, I should be able to invert the signal at the DAC, wich will inturn get inverted at the preamp, therefore making the signal normal. Thus, I don't have to change the wires at the speakers. I think!!!!!!