Phase Inversion on CJ equipment


The manual for my CJ pre-amp has warnings periodically saying that the pre-amp is not phase-inverting. This means that I have to send the red output on my amp to the black input on the speaker in order to get the driver to go the right way. They say that they do this for purity reasons, to avoid any added distortion. Why don't other manufacturers do this if its so great? Also, does anyone know what this is doing to my amplifier now that I've mix-matched the hot lead?
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It will do no harm to any of your components to invert the phase. The only difference is that the speaker cone will move in the opposite direction as it would with the phase non-inverted (i.e. out instead of in).

However, in your question, you state that the preamp is NON phase-inverting. If this is the case, there is no need to invert the phase unless your source or amp are phase-inverting.

Finally, if you listen primarily to CDs, don't worry too much about it either way. The recording engineers of today have nasty habits of changing the phase from song to song, so you will likely be in the wrong phase 50% of the time.