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There are some information here and here, particularly among those who knows, how the misbalance of the power polarity between the components of your systems can screw sound. Certainly the auditable benefits are very substantial and anyone who power polarity-balanced own playback system knows how important it might be. However, there is nowhere and no one mention another phenomena that is even larger then the inner-component power polarity and frankly speaking – it is larger then ANYTHING else in your playback!!!!!!!!!

We in US use 120V power lines but the distribution to our house delivers 220V. Somewhere inside or outside we have a transformer that deliver to out homes one tap of the 220V. The mysteries fact is that only one part of that 120V is useable for audio. Do not ask me why – I do not know – but I have seen it 3 times, including in my own playback, and I witnessed what happened when the very crapy sounding playbacks that were assemble very properly was switched to the another half of the 220V and suddenly the systems some alive.  A few years ago my own playback after I installed the dedicated 20A lines sounded insultingly horrible and I spent a month fighting with it without knowing what was the problems. In the end I called the electrician and requested the flip my dedicated lined to another side of the 220V. The electrician for 40 minutes explained me that I was and idiot but then agreed to do it. The sound instantaneously return back where it should be….

So, do yourself a favor – before convincing yourself the your playback system “Sounds great!”  check if you are on the right side of power phase.

Rgs,
Romy the caT

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