My car had an aftermarket stereo installed. As usual, the installer hacked the harness, spliced the wires, and taped it up. How can I be sure the speakers were wired in phase. The polarity on the speakers is not labelled. The wire leads are the same colour. Is there a test you can do with a VOM meter?
Thank you
Frankly, if you can't tell by listening to the stereo, it doesn't matter.
That was actually going to by my question. I understand phasing, but can you actually hear it? I don't think I can, but I never heard it would get louder. The DPDT switch would make it easier to compare, but when I have tried switching wires, I could not tell any improvement or degredation of the sound. Maybe it's just my ears.
The phasing mainly affects low frequencies. I once deliberately misphased my rear speakers because the volume of the trunk really increased the bass response, and I didn't want to get a separate EQ to lower the bass to the rears.
JazzMan
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