I got a question about the phase adjustment on the sub. Before that however I will explain what I believe is meant by phase, since I am not 100% sure, and therefore you can correct me if I am wrong.
As far as I know a speaker and a sub that are in phase mean the cones move in synchronization.
i.e. sub phase set to 0
.............sub.....................speaker
.......... _______..................._______
........../.......\................./.......\
..............|.........................|
..............|.........................|
..............\/........................\/
A sub that operates out of phase means the movement of the cones is reversed so that as one is moving out the other is moving in.
i.e. sub phase set to 180
.............sub.....................speaker
.......... _______..................._______
........../.......\................./.......\
............../\........................|
..............|.........................|
............. |.........................\/
Now it is the general opinion that when the sub is facing the other direction with the phase setting on 0 you are in effect reversing the phase by making the cone face the other way.
i.e. sub phase set to 0
.............sub....................speaker
....................................._______
............../\..................../.......\
..............|.........................|
..............|.........................|
..........\_______/.....................\/
And therefore have to re-phase it by setting the switch to 180.
i.e. sub phase set to 180
.............sub......................speaker
....................................._______
..............|...................../.......\
..............|.........................|
..............\/........................|
..........\_______/.....................\/
When we consider how fast the cones are moving we can see that this is a very small adjustment.
My question is, that if the fronts are set to small then the freqencies will be different between the fronts and the sub, so they will not be synchronised anyway. Therefore is the phase setting more important when the fronts are set too large?
As far as I know a speaker and a sub that are in phase mean the cones move in synchronization.
i.e. sub phase set to 0
.............sub.....................speaker
.......... _______..................._______
........../.......\................./.......\
..............|.........................|
..............|.........................|
..............\/........................\/
A sub that operates out of phase means the movement of the cones is reversed so that as one is moving out the other is moving in.
i.e. sub phase set to 180
.............sub.....................speaker
.......... _______..................._______
........../.......\................./.......\
............../\........................|
..............|.........................|
............. |.........................\/
Now it is the general opinion that when the sub is facing the other direction with the phase setting on 0 you are in effect reversing the phase by making the cone face the other way.
i.e. sub phase set to 0
.............sub....................speaker
....................................._______
............../\..................../.......\
..............|.........................|
..............|.........................|
..........\_______/.....................\/
And therefore have to re-phase it by setting the switch to 180.
i.e. sub phase set to 180
.............sub......................speaker
....................................._______
..............|...................../.......\
..............|.........................|
..............\/........................|
..........\_______/.....................\/
When we consider how fast the cones are moving we can see that this is a very small adjustment.
My question is, that if the fronts are set to small then the freqencies will be different between the fronts and the sub, so they will not be synchronised anyway. Therefore is the phase setting more important when the fronts are set too large?