[fatko]

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Originally Posted by chillysalsa There was a lengthy discussion over absolute phase, with very interesting comments on the matter. Some amplifiers invert phase, so maybe your amp is inverting phase, and you inverting it a second time brings it back to correct phases - thus why it could sound better to you!

i suspect that ER4 and HD600

the phase is different

anyone can notice that ?

 

[Reticuli2]

because it's nothing more than a simple time delay across all frequencies

Polarity inversion or 180 deg out absolute phase is not a timing delay.

 

[Ghoostknight]

yes i also noticed that absolute phase matters a while ago, just go with what sounds better to you

imo correct absolute phase sounds more natural/more forward

A good test song: Circio`s Rapture - Polarity Check (and Polarity Test is another one)
in these both songs you can rapidly hear the phase of different instruments going back and forth between correct/inversed phase

imo you even hear how correct phase sounds forwards and inversed phase backwards, same goes for bass, bass can go forward or backward

 

[Rikkipuu]

i have bought a Stello DA220 DAC
it comes with a phase selection
0 degree or 180 degree

the sound is better after i chose 180 degree invertion

but ... i really dunno what it is ..

does it really sound better to use Phase 180 degree?
or it is just a theoretical matter?