Rogue Audio Cronus .... reverse polarity ?

Since there was very little consistency in the way polarity was handled when our stuff was recorded in the first place, and since many speakers do not maintain polarity coherence in the way they are wired (making polarity changes inaudible or nearly so), you don't gain much by switching speaker wires. CDs/LPs/tapes were recorded in inverted, non-inverted, and mixed polarity. If you can clearly detect polarity changes, you're best off with a preamp (like my Aesthetix Calypso) that lets you switch polarity from the remote.

Thanks for the responses so far. I'll get in touch with Mark @ Rogue, but before I do, I just wanted to hear what my fellow Audiogoners have to say. Happy Listenig everybody.

The Vandersteens are coherent, though.

I know of one famous recording that is supposedly effected by polarity inversion: Harry Belafonte at Carnegie Hall. I wonder if there's a list of more such recordings around.

When you change cables or even tighten them you are possably affecting the sound. If you intend to change things try cleaning the ends and connectors then restoring them AS IS. Now listen to them again BEFORE reversing or changing them to see that the real effect of your experiment is not just a better clean connection.

I have my speakers wired in reverse polarity. The reason: My Audible Illusions Modulus 3A preamp reverses polarity so by reversing them at the speakers puts them back to the proper polarity. And yes, there is most definitely a difference when reversing the polarity, for better or worse.