Polarity Questions..


My Mark Levinson 390S has a feature that enables you to program and store polarity choices per track per disc... I haven't put it to the test yet and I was wondering if others have experimented with polarity changes...I suppose along the path from recording to mass distribution it would be very easy to have polarity reversed several times... and how would it affect the sound just curious
kippster

Showing 1 response by plato

Reversed polarity can make a noticeable difference, but I notice it more with tubes than solid-state gear and if you have speakers with a crossover in the midrange it then the question of proper polarity could be moot.

That said, I think it's nice that ML provides the option for those that can hear the difference on their particular systems.