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   stratus46@yahoo.com to et...@whidbey.com   
   Re: How to tell speaker + from -?   
   08 Dec 18 16:57:39   
   
   On Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 9:31:41 AM UTC-7, et...@whidbey.com wrote:   
   > In my shop I have a a Pioneer SX-434 radio/amp  for my listening   
   > pleasure. The speakers are mounted high up, screwed to the wall, and   
   > are not easy to get at. I had to disconnect the speaker wires   
   > temporarily from the stereo and stupidly didn't mark the wires for   
   > positive and negative. Is there a way to tell which wires are which   
   > that doesn't involve ladders and me unscrewing the speakers from the   
   > wall?   
   > Thanks,   
   > Eric   
      
   Standing in the center of both speakers, in mono it should sound like its   
   directly in front of you. If the phase is wrong, sound will seem to come from   
   inside your head. If you don't notice and it doesn't bother you , who cares?   
      
   Reversed phase bothers me a LOT.   
      
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