Polarity Question - 06/24/04 02:34 PM
I set up my RX-V750 last night with some older speakers from a 5.1 shelf system that I have...
The speakers on the shelf system all terminated in RCA style plugs (if you know what I mean). The other end of the speaker wire went directly into the speaker, without indicating which end was the positive or negative terminal.
I took a guess as to which end was positive and negative (doing my best based on the markings on the wires themselves). After running the YPAO, it informed me that my center and surrodnu speakers were out of phase (which they probably were - however, I am aware of the problems that some have had with YPAO telling them that their speakers were out of phase when tehy weren't)
Instead of switching the center and two surrounds, I just decided to switch the connection on the mains, reversing their polarity. I figured switching two was easier than switching three (no banana plugs). Then, I ran YPAO again, and it told me that ALL my speakers were out of phase.
Based on my limited knowledge of phase, I figured that this might be Ok, since they would all be pushing and pulling at the right times, and they would all be properly polarized, in relative terms.
NOW MY QUESTION:
Is there any problem with wiring all of your speakers out of phase? Do you lose any power or imaging, etc? Should I go back and reverse each speaker's wiring?
TIA, Adrien
The speakers on the shelf system all terminated in RCA style plugs (if you know what I mean). The other end of the speaker wire went directly into the speaker, without indicating which end was the positive or negative terminal.
I took a guess as to which end was positive and negative (doing my best based on the markings on the wires themselves). After running the YPAO, it informed me that my center and surrodnu speakers were out of phase (which they probably were - however, I am aware of the problems that some have had with YPAO telling them that their speakers were out of phase when tehy weren't)
Instead of switching the center and two surrounds, I just decided to switch the connection on the mains, reversing their polarity. I figured switching two was easier than switching three (no banana plugs). Then, I ran YPAO again, and it told me that ALL my speakers were out of phase.
Based on my limited knowledge of phase, I figured that this might be Ok, since they would all be pushing and pulling at the right times, and they would all be properly polarized, in relative terms.
NOW MY QUESTION:
Is there any problem with wiring all of your speakers out of phase? Do you lose any power or imaging, etc? Should I go back and reverse each speaker's wiring?
TIA, Adrien