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Post by kledbet on May 22, 2007 17:38:42 GMT -7
Hey guys, I have been breaking in my new Weber 1230-55 speaker. It sounded ok, but I was a-b testing it with some other Weber speakers and somehow I knew it was off. Going back to my stereophile days I decided that even though I knew I correctly hooked up the speaker, the sound I was hearing sounded out of phase, so I decided to switch the wires on the speaker around. WOW that was it, suddenly I had clarity, treble, tone and everything that I knew was missing in the speaker. If you are having trouble with any of your speakers, try switching the polarity, I have had this happen in the past where something that was marked + turned out to be - anyway I hope this helps any of you with muddy sounding speakers. You just would not believe the difference.
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Post by hipfan on May 23, 2007 9:33:14 GMT -7
Hey guys, I have been breaking in my new Weber 1230-55 speaker. It sounded ok, but I was a-b testing it with some other Weber speakers and somehow I knew it was off. Going back to my stereophile days I decided that even though I knew I correctly hooked up the speaker, I decided to switch the wires on the speaker around. WOW that was it, suddenly I had clarity, treble, tone and everything that I knew was missing in the speaker. If you are having trouble with any of your speakers, try switching the polarity, I have had this happen in the past where something that was marked + turned out to be - anyway I hope this helps any of you with muddy sounding speakers. You just would not believe the difference. GREAT tip for when the tone is seeming a little "off" with unfamiliar or new speakers!
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Post by kledbet on May 23, 2007 10:22:08 GMT -7
Here is a quick way to check for the correct polarity of your speakers in a cab. Plug in a guitar or power cable to the input jack of the cab, you are then going to use a 9V battery and touch the other end of the cable with the battery. The larger open part of the battery is the negative and it needs to touch the sleeve of the cable. The smaller and smoother part of the battery touches the tip of the cable. You will need to kind of rock the battery back and forth till you hear a small popping sound coming from your speaker. As you are doing this you need to very gently put your finger on the back of the cone as the popping is occuring. The speaker if in correct phase should be slightly moving away from your finger and towards the sound board. If its incorrect the speaker will push against your finger. Remember be careful doing this, only the lightest touch is needed. If the speaker moves the wrong way reverse the wires on the speaker. I checked a 3x10 cab once doing this and found 2 of the 3 speakers out of phase. The cab sounded so much better when I fixed the polarity. My Weber that I just did this to does not sound like the same speaker, it is much better with the correct polarity. I spoke to a tech who mentioned that sometimes speakers are mismarked with the polarity reversed, I did find 2 speakers in my collection where this was true. Happy polarity checking!!!
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