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In article <1hvai7INNt2c@transfer.stratus.com> rsud@sw.stratus.com (Rajiv Sud) writes:

>	Absolute phase does matter and is easy to hear. You and other
>non-belivers might try it for yourself on something better than a mass
>market system. Better than mass market is the key (but spare me the
>arguements about not being able to afford $2000 components. If mass
>consumers weren't so complacent and demanded better they'd get it).

Can you perhaps suggest a few recordings on which absolute phase is easy
to hear?  I have several stereos, ranging from a Rotel 955 driving a 
Musical Fidelity A-1 20WPC pure class A integrated amp with a pair of
Chartwell LS3/5a speakers to one that includes the latest revision models
of EAD transport & processor, Threshold amp, and Apogee Stage speakers
(this week, anyway) and several others, including ones where I have designed
the speakers and some of the electronics.  I can hear the difference when
moving a tweeter forward or backwards an inch or two when making
an enclosure, the (frequently dramatic) difference between two high-end
amplifiers, the effects of changing speaker or listener position by an inch
or so, and the differences between different op-amps, but I've never been
able to detect absolute phase, even on the Stereophile test disks that are
specifically designed for testing this ability.

Trygve