Question about inverting polarity

I hope this is not a tangent, but my Marantz SA-1 SACD player inverts polarity through its balanced outputs, which I've been using (inverted) for 1 1/2 years. Since I was recently alerted by another thread about this player, I have been reversing polarity via a switch on my BAT preamp (can switch it back and forth via the remote) and do not LIKE the sound w/the corrected polarity! It sounds "brighter" to me, less rounded and tubey, which I consider the strengths of this system. So I'd like to know what you think if you listen to your preamp both ways. Why do manufacturers even build equipment that reverses the polarity and just causes all this angst?? Why can't they wire it right to begin with?
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Confused

Cornfed and Sugar, thanks for the additional info. I don't know if the BAT "polarity" switch actually reverses phase or not, I'll ask them. That Boulder piece is certainly a marvel, wish I had a chance to hear it, or even see it, around here.
Off topic tangent to Sugarbrie/Monotrub--my FM antenna that I had installed blew down in the recent high winds! and it was only that Magnum dynalab wand antenna. Next time around, I'm going with an actual rooftop installation, hopefully shielded by the chimney.