It seems to be reverse polarized, very unusual. 🤔
Take a 1.5V AA or AAA size battery, connect to the speaker plus and minus according to the color of the terminal. Bass diaphragms have to go forward, out of the box. If it's the other way around then it's wrongly connected. Then you will have to move the terminals according to the color so that everything is in phase.
It’s properly wired.
look at the schematic and the back of the xo board.
simply the + goes to the black binding post and the - goes to the red binding post
it’s still weird
look at the schematic and the back of the xo board.
simply the + goes to the black binding post and the - goes to the red binding post
it’s still weird
It was not done correctly, in my opinion. I would do it properly now, when everything is disassembled, I would definitely put the red connector on the plus, the black on the minus. It does not affect the correct operation of the speakers, but some speakers sound noticeably different when the phase is reversed, some don't. It is generally considered that this is a consequence of the fact that in most loudspeakers the motor is not symmetrical drive type, and the THD changes depending on the phase of the signal. I don't know if that's true, maybe some other factors play a role. Maybe those speakers sound better with the phase reversed? My drivers are all symmetric drive and there is no audible difference no matter how I set the phase. It's not just a matter of speakers, some devices (say some tube preamplifiers) reverse the phase of the signal. In general, you should try and leave it in the position in which it sounds better, if there is a difference in general.
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I'm having a break at my holiday home where the internet connection is weak and intermittent.
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It may help streamline the thread if you were to use the "Attach files" button to attach your photographs instead.
I can't see your photographs, but by referring to the circuit diagram, it will be OK if both the + and - terminal connections are reversed.
The important thing is that the woofers and the tweeter all 'push/pull' in the same direction, which they will.
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makes sense
I don’t think a company such as Proac would allow a speaker of theirs to sound worse tho by ‘ incorrect’ wiring.
dont know man
It is, but it depends on the amplifier as well, so it isn't something that can be known about at the factory. It also depends on the two together.. if there are similar amounts of asymmetry and they are significant then there may be a noticeable difference. Unfortunately it also tends to change with level so it's best to keep distortion low to begin with and then this shouldn't make a difference.
The problem with ’speakers sounding different when the polarity is switched (or phase reversed)‘ probably is that no one could reproduce the sheer number of inversions of the original signal, because inverting is likely done all the time down the signal path. And even with any odd number of inversions the phase would be off anyway…
English please.
lol
sorry man , I am new at this.
didn’t completely understand.
thanks so much!
lol
sorry man , I am new at this.
didn’t completely understand.
thanks so much!
The issue we are talking about is called the absolute polarity of the recorded signal and there is evidence that it doesn't really matter, but there are some that prefer to do things by the book and that's ok. The distortion issue is a separate local matter.
As markbakk says, the signal gets reversed in polarity a lot during the production process... every component may or may not reverse it until who can remember any more.
As markbakk says, the signal gets reversed in polarity a lot during the production process... every component may or may not reverse it until who can remember any more.
They are talking about absolute phase.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absol...ssure by the loudspeaker or headphones driver.
Absolute twaddle in domestic hi-fi terms I would hazard! 😀
Couldn’t I fix all that by simply reversing the way my speaker cables are hooked up to the binding posts?
that is , put the red speaker banana into the black and the black into the red on both speakers?
that is , put the red speaker banana into the black and the black into the red on both speakers?