if invert a sound wave

thunder1

Sep 13, 2004
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if sound wave is inverted will it be understadable or not?or it will not effect on the sound

 

audioguru2

Apr 6, 2004
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Hi Thunder,
You can demonstrate the effect of an inverted sound wave easily by reversing the two wire connections to a speaker. It will sound exactly the same, but will no longer be in phase with other speakers that are connected.

If you add a non-inverted sound wave with an inverted one, they cancel. You can demonstrate this with a stereo. If you connect one of its speakers out-of-phase as above, the bass will be reduced unless the room is very echoy.
Put the two speakers facing each other about 2cm apart. When they are in-phase, the bass will be loud. Now reverse the connections of one speaker so that it is out-of-phase, and the bass cancels.

 
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