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Old 11th Jan 2020, 11:55 pm   #1
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Default Connecting loudspeaker

Hi again, Does it matter which way a speaker is connected to the output transformer(plus-minus).Thanks, Dick.
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Old 11th Jan 2020, 11:59 pm   #2
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Default Re: Connecting loudspeaker

For Mono not really but for stereo if you don't keep the same phase you will lose the Bass.

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Old 12th Jan 2020, 2:05 am   #3
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My recollection of playing around with extension speakers on old radios as a schoolboy is that if connected in phase, the sound appears to come from mid-way between the speakers, and if in anti-phase, from both sides of your head.
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If you have a crossed pair mic (not mullti mix) stereo recording, you can get a very good surround sound by having in addition to the usual stereo pair, a front central LS fed from the sum of the L/R channels and a speaker at the rear fed with the difference. I recall replaying a church service recording like this and clearly hearing some of the congregation coughing behind me!
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