How to wire out of phase?

[Youhearthat? 10+ year member]

Do you just swap the wires of one speaker or both?

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[DiamondFanatic 10+ year member]

wait what?

On a sub all you would need to do is flip them at the amp.

 

[Youhearthat? 10+ year member]

but how about when doing this to tweeters or mids?

 

[Blunt 10+ year member]

whats the point?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

The same applies.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

whats the point?

Sometimes by shifting the phase, cancellation problems can be diminished or solved entirely.

 

[Youhearthat? 10+ year member]

but just one speaker or both???

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

If you switch both of them, you haven't changed anything overall //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Blunt 10+ year member]

so hooking a speaker up backwards on purpose fixes things lol i guess you learn somethign new everyday

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

so hooking a speaker up backwards on purpose fixes things lol i guess you learn somethign new everyday

If you're having cancellation problems...it's not a guaranteed fix, but it does work sometimes.

 

[Youhearthat? 10+ year member]

what are the symptoms of cancellation? and also I will be putting out of phase my tweeter to see if that solves the issue of siblance... am I on the right track?

 

[creater 10+ year member]

well the only cancelation i have encountered with my subs are them bouncing and u hardly hearing anything....

 

[Feandil 10+ year member]

wiring out of phase actually could have a good effect if you did it to BOTH sides not just one (for say tweeters)

effectively the midrange/tweeter mating point (say 2.5khz) would be perfectly flat, versus having two different speakers playing the same frequencies at the same magintude of roll off

for instance my home audio 3-ways are set up that the midbasses are in phase, midranges out of phase, and tweeters in phase

this seems to work best