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ST-Rider:
Please bear with me....

A long time ago, a friend of mine told me about a unique way to wire my speakers. I think he had learned it from his Dad, who was an electronics guy that worked for some casinos in Atlantic City.

Anyway....I don't remember what the technique was (and that's ultimately my question here)....but something about how he swapped the L/R and/or +/- combination of wires seemed to almost turn the sound stage inside out. When I listened to music that way, I was able to hear things in the mix of a record that were otherwise buried, while the things that were prominent in the mix were relegated to the background.

It was most profound when listening to sonically dense music.  Then one I remember vividly was "I Wish U Heaven" off of Lovesexy by Prince. That record (and single even more so) has many many vocal layers with pretty unique harmonies. When I listened to it with the speakers hooked up this way, I heard harmonies that I didn't normally hear, and it provided new perspective on the music.

Curious if anyone has any idea what I'm talking about, or could provide any hypothesis on what the wiring might have been to provide what I described.

thanks!!


-j

Sir Thrift-a-Lot:
Sounds like he was throwing on channel out of phase from the other.   This can sometimes yield some interesting results, but most of the time just makes it sound thin and hollow.   If you are interested in being able to do this from tie to time, you may want to set up one speaker with banana plugs.   They are very easy to pull out and reverse the polarity on.   Just power down the amp first.

ST-Rider:

--- Quote from: markshan on November 08, 2012, 10:47:27 AM ---Sounds like he was throwing on channel out of phase from the other.   This can sometimes yield some interesting results, but most of the time just makes it sound thin and hollow.   If you are interested in being able to do this from tie to time, you may want to set up one speaker with banana plugs.   They are very easy to pull out and reverse the polarity on.   Just power down the amp first.

--- End quote ---

So, how would you do that (i.e., what would you change to get that done)?

ST-Rider:

--- Quote from: BMWRider on November 08, 2012, 10:49:01 AM ---
--- Quote from: markshan on November 08, 2012, 10:47:27 AM ---Sounds like he was throwing on channel out of phase from the other.   This can sometimes yield some interesting results, but most of the time just makes it sound thin and hollow.   If you are interested in being able to do this from tie to time, you may want to set up one speaker with banana plugs.   They are very easy to pull out and reverse the polarity on.   Just power down the amp first.

--- End quote ---

So, how would you do that (i.e., what would you change to get that done)?

--- End quote ---

Or do you just mean take one side and reverse the +/- ?   I'll give that a try, but I think it was more involved than that.

thanks

TNRabbit:
What you're talking about is the original Hafler Matrix:






I heard about this when I was a kid & tried it; it can make for some interesting effects, but it's not realistic.

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