Imagine a drum, such as a kick drum. When they hit it the air moves toward you... Bestvway to determine absolute polarity...
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On Feb 6, 2013, at 10:56 AM, Clark Johnsen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Shai Drori <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Luckily the fix is easy, just flip one of the channels. The audiophooles
>> would probably tell you to make sure you are flipping the correct channel
>> or else you will end up with to channels flipped and that will totally
>> destroy the soundstage and breath in your recordings.
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> Hmmm... "Audiophooles", you say? Back in the eighties I did a research
> project on this topic (generally known as Absolute Polarity) and published
> the results in a book called *The Wood Effect*. Upon an extensive survey of
> literature -- JAES, JASA, IEEE Transactions on Audio, Wireless World,
> Audio, Audio Amateur, Recording engineer/producer and more -- I found that
> all but one study and article confirmed the distinct audibility of
> polarity. Moreover it's what's called in the trade a "monaural phase
> effect", so the phenomenon certainly applies to the questioner's situation.
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> clark
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