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Impact of phase inversion by preamp

This will be my first post on this forum so I thought I’d pose a question I’ve always wondered about.  I have a Conrad Johnson Premier 18LS preamp that I’ve been extremely happy with since first acquiring it some years ago.  This is a solid state single ended, single stage design that inverts the phase of the input signal at the output.  The manual states that you should reverse the connections to the speakers to account for this.  Obviously this is easily done but I really can’t see how it would really matter as long as things are connected consistently between the left and right channels.  I’d be interested to hear what others have to say on this subject.
ligjo

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topch
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I found polarity switch can have one of three outcomes:
1- little or no effect
2- quite noticeable, but a matter of taste which way you go, or even leave you lost and undecided which one is the better
3- clear superiority of one setting versus the other
The cause must be in the recordings, as has been written in previous posts
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