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Phase Inversion??

Hey you smart folks out there:

I was just wondering about phase inversion in my system. I am running a Shunyata Hydra 4, powering a Modded Rotel 1072, going to a Sonic Frontiers SFL-1, then to a Conrad Johnson Premiere 11A, then finally to Proac 2.5's. With such a "multi-cultural" system, would the phasing be correct if I just keep the connections by the book or is there some inversion in the path? The Sonic was the one I was especially wondering about. Or should I just flip/flop my speaker connections and try it? Thanks in advance, my little brain can't handle this one..

Greg
validpoint
edesilva
768 posts
 
There was a recent thread on this. The phase inverted effect is known as "Woods Effect"--run a google search. I gather some recordings may invert phase anyway, so you can't *always* have it right anyway.

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1083195224&read&keyw&zzphase+inversion
listener57
730 posts
 
How does one change the orientation of the AC plug, as the size of the prongs seems to dictate a single way to fit into the wall sockets? Also, there can be a third prong which also limits physical re-orientation of the AC plug.
edesilva
768 posts
 
Easiest thing to do is rewire the outlet with correct phase. Believe you can get a little $5 device at home depot to plug in to see if the outlet is wired correctly...

I'd also note that AC phase is different from the phase that validpoint is talking about.
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