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Why don‘t servers/players incorporate polarity switches

Why is it that most digital servers don‘t incorporate the ability to switch polarity whereas in my experience only ~20% of recordings are in polarity? It‘s a standard feature in Puremusic and other PC/Mac based software and really makes a noticeable difference in sound quality. So much for progress and golden ears...
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antigrunge2 OP
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@lalitk 

Your comment shows your profound ignorance on this topic, lest you care to elaborate
antigrunge2 OP
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@jaybe 

As I mentioned, I had this feature on Puremusic and am missing it now on my server/player. Also, there is a distinct split in recordings out of polarity which I estimate to be 80/20. In any case your comments seeks more to take a swipe at me than advance the thread.
antigrunge2 OP
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As a simple albeit cumbersome check you can change the polarity of your speakers and listen to the same piece of music
antigrunge2 OP
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Recordings out of polarity have a dulling of the leading edge of notes that is quite distinct. (e.g. woodwinds sound like they are sucked in rather than blown)
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