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Phase inversion, next chapter: Listen up!

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Posted by Berlin on March 21, 2007 at 11:37:27

Still intriged by the phase inversion issue, I decided to do some decent experimenting. Started with ripping the CD layer from the remastered 'Brothers in Arms'. Using the program 'Audacity 1.3' I was able to invert the phase of four songs. Then I burned a CD for an A-B comparison between the normal and phase inverted songs. After carefull listening I gave it a 4-0 win for the phase inverted songs! I know that my equipment is set-up correctly, but it's a combi of different brands. Anyhow, I decided to invert phase at the loudspeakers. Then I put in the SACD layer of "Brothers in Arms"....

Pfff, now I know what you americans mean by jaw-dropping. It's incredable, wonderfull, almost in tears. How big an improvement!!! I thought the improvement was must larger with SACD than with CD.

What about other SACD's? The biggest surprise was "So" by Peter Gabriel. A huge difference with what I was used to hear. Much more "space", relaxed listening. Use "Mercy street" to be sure your life is "in phase"!!

Other characterstics:
- more bass (I had to decrease to level of my subwoofer (getting an analog tap of my stereo signals)
- more natural gitar
- more clarity in vocals. I know now that John Hiatts father drove a deSoto in Thunderbird (for those who want to know!)
- in fact: the DSD mastered 'Master of disaster' was finally 'very well recorded'. I did not liked it before and did not believe in that Sonoma proces. Now I am Converted!!
- more analog feeling all over.

I have two issues left.

The five SACD's I studied so far (Brothers, So, Sacred Love, Master and Lang2 Rachmaninoff 3 all sounded much much better. This is not in line with earlier statements in this forum that concerning phase it is 50-50% good/wrong recording. Does anaybody know two SACD's who are clearly 'out of phase' (for example within the living stereo series)?

Second issue: My equipment is set up properly. Yet it seems wrongly configured. Can that happen with different brands?

ADVISE TO ALL: experiment with your favourite SACD AND OPTIMIZE!

Heaven is missing a happy angel.

Berlin

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