I too would like to have this explained in more detail.

Dear Mr. Buck --

Thanks for reading my LFD review; I understand your concerns regarding this portion of it:

"Especially on stereo programme with strong center image content – solo voices in particular – I preferred listening to the Phonostage LE when both loudspeaker cables were polarity-reversed, leading me to assume that the LFD inverted absolute phase in my system..."

As you observed, we are always wrong some of the time, and this was certainly one of those times for me: Based on what (I thought) I heard, I guessed incorrectly that LFD inverts absolute phase.

In this case, as always, I didn't see JA's measurements until the final proofing stage (a good policy inasmuch as it keeps me from thinking I hear what I think someone else thinks I ought to hear), and needless to say I would never go back and change my copy in light of technical revelations, even when those revelations make me look stupid. In any event I think I have a reasonably good record, over the years, of making subjective judgments that turn out to supported by JA's technical observations. God knows why I screwed up this time, but I did. Sorry!

Audible though inverted absolute phase may be, its sonic consequences are (to me) limited to a slight dulling of the attack components of sounds that are prominent in the mix and an exceedingly slight drop in perceived loudness level -- and I don't consider those effect to have much if any influence on the many other sonic and musical attributes for which I listen. So I don't agree with the conclusion you've drawn, that my comments overall aren't true to the LFD's performance.

Best -

- Art

You mean you're HUMAN?!?!?!  You actually make mistakes? What the...?  You really should relegate yourself to an padded anechoic chamber for your reviews from here on out!

And STOP bemusing people already.