audibility of full 360 degrees phase shift

[mazurek]

Is a full 360 degrees phase shift audible?

I am making an active crossover, and it requires an allpass delay. The tweeter must be delayed 190 us according to measurements, and I could use two stages of the filters shown here http://www.linkwitzlab.com/filters.htm#4. However, if a 360 degree phase shift is inaudible, then I could instead delay the midrange by 60 us to make the waveform a full 180 degrees behind (250 us = 1/2 wavelength at crossover), and then invert the polarity to total 360 degrees shift. Putting a shorter delay circuit in the midrange would result in much less phase distortion due to the allpass delay filter.

What do you all think.

Thanks,
Lee

 

[poobah]

Do you have the option of moving your drivers to achieve delay?

 

[mazurek]

Not in a box made by parts express and without any tools, unless I tilt it 30 degrees and listen to it all off axis.

 

[poobah]

Your 360 phase shift thing will work just fine... I have used similar tricks in high-end car stereos where woofers were in the rear tweets in front etc... it works.

And good job of thinking outside the cone...