channel phasing effects can be off, when you swap channels.
the mix...is the mix...in most stereo albums. They are NOT dual mono.
properly done 'stereo' has specific ambience cues which are phase sensitive, complex micro and macro in situ phase sensitive, with a dual channel aspect in a given perceived instrument position....and swapping channels means that the stereo effect is then ...totally messed up.
Thus... one is forced to deal with the record or source material (stereo material) as it comes/arrives/exists.
If one swaps channels in a stereo mix..invariably... the instruments seem bunched at the one left or right speaker, and sound as if the sound is turned slightly inside out, and the center fill is gone..everything is sonically a mess, essentially.
the mix...is the mix...in most stereo albums. They are NOT dual mono.
properly done 'stereo' has specific ambience cues which are phase sensitive, complex micro and macro in situ phase sensitive, with a dual channel aspect in a given perceived instrument position....and swapping channels means that the stereo effect is then ...totally messed up.
Thus... one is forced to deal with the record or source material (stereo material) as it comes/arrives/exists.
If one swaps channels in a stereo mix..invariably... the instruments seem bunched at the one left or right speaker, and sound as if the sound is turned slightly inside out, and the center fill is gone..everything is sonically a mess, essentially.