XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.home.repair, sci.electronics.design   
   From: wolverine01@charter.net   
      
   On 1/3/2023 9:39 AM, sticks wrote:   
   > On 1/3/2023 8:24 AM, Arie de Muijnck wrote:   
   >> On 2023-01-03 11:10, Clive Arthur wrote:   
   >>> On 03/01/2023 02:30, Brian Gregory wrote:   
   >>>> On 02/01/2023 13:48, Rink wrote:   
   >>>>> If you change the wires of one speaker you get a 180 degree   
   >>>>> difference on all audio frequencies.   
   >>>>> If from two speakers at the some radio (left and right), one is wrong   
   >>>>> connected, you can hear that at exactly the middle between the   
   >>>>> speakers   
   >>>>> where there is a fase-out for all audio frequencies.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I've never heard an audible null between out of phase speakers. It   
   >>>> usually just ruins the stereo effect, makes it sound almost like two   
   >>>> separate lots of music (or whatever).   
   >>>>   
   >>> With a mono source (ie both channels the same phase) you lose a lot   
   >>> of bass in the centre.  Block one ear and the effect is clearer and   
   >>> at higher frequencies too.   
   >>>   
   >>> A long time ago, when stereo records were often mixed with the vocals   
   >>> in the middle and other instruments to the sides, inverting one   
   >>> channel and adding it to the other channel (ie subtracting it) could   
   >>> do a not-too-bad job of removing the vocals for karaoke.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Yesterday I tried to check if the internal pick-off from my new TV to   
   >> better speaker boxes was properly wired. Hard to hear. Left/right   
   >> check was no problem, but phasing was hard to hear (I'm deaf, -60 dB   
   >> on one ear). Even with a single speaker, and a swept tone, I got dead   
   >> spots from wall reflections.   
   >> An old trick solved the problem: put the two boxes very close, front   
   >> to front, and test with a mono signal. Improper phasing removes most   
   >> of the sound, proper phasing gives full volume.   
   >>   
   >> Arie   
   >>   
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