[non] rabbit speaker wiring

[jlagnese at massed.net (John S. Lagnese)]

If you need to check polarity on the speaker, use a AA battery. Touch it to
the speaker wires. The speaker will move in or out. In this way you can
verify speaker polarity by comparing the two speakers.
John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Utley" <fahrvegnugen@cox.net>
To: "Andrew Basterfield" <bob@cemetery.homeunix.org>
Cc: "Scirocco List" <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 9:23 PM
Subject: RE: [non] rabbit speaker wiring


> Yeah, suprising ain't it?
>
> John and I took it off list...  I have played with this both at home, and
in
> my car, and I have good to excellent in equipment in both.  In each case I
> have tried it, I have had better luck putting them in 'alternative phase'
as
> the website John sent me to.  Basically, only one speaker is reversed...
I
> don't understand why it works better that way for me, I have been very
> deliberate (just as your response was :-P -).  I will continue to look at
it
> further and try to figure out why I am the only one...
>
> Thanks for yout comments...  not
>
> Cheers,
>   David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Basterfield [mailto:bob@cemetery.homeunix.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 7:45 PM
> To: fahrvegnugen@cox.net
> Cc: T Berk; Scirocco List
> Subject: Re: [non] rabbit speaker wiring
>
> On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 9:57:57 -0400
> David Utley <fahrvegnugen@cox.net> wrote:
>
>
> > Actually, on any speaker that is bigger than say 3", you want to
> > change the polarity on ONE speaker, AT the speaker.  Try it.  You will
> > notice more bass response, as the speakers will not be hitting at the
> > same time, and therefore canceling each other out...  If you have
> > never tried this, you will be suprized at what difference it makes...
> >
> > Beyond that, good suggestions indeed...
>
> Geez, it's a wonder sound engineers the world over haven't already picked
up
> on that secret... my conventional teaching would lead me to believe that
the
> speakers would cancel at low frequencies as they would be in antiphase.
>
> Unless just maybe one of the speakers was already accidentally wired in
> backwards which case it would correct the problem and allow the speakers
to
> work as the manufacturer intended.
>
> --Andrew
>
>
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