Speaker Polarity at Mac App Store analyse

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Developer: Andrew Smith
Price: 0 free
Current version: 4.5, last update: 3 months ago
First release : 14 Oct 2008
App size: 37.8 Mb
4.8 ( 1088 ratings )
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> 9.02k
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~ $ 3.69k
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This app is a speaker polarity tester. Find out if your speakers are wired correctly (in phase or out of phase). Test your surround speakers, stereo speakers, PA speakers, in fact any speaker with wiring terminals on the back.

This speaker polarity tester was designed by the same people who built the Audio Toolbox, and the polarity tester in that unit was known as the most accurate and reliable polarity tester available. Now that technology is available in your iPhone.

Use this app to test your home speakers, recording studio monitors, or as part of your professional contractor work. Speakers wired backwards are the most common error in sound system setup, cause big problems, and are easily corrected. This app will give you the answers, no matter how difficult the wiring may be to trace.

Speaker Pop works by watching for a proprietary "pop" sound from the speaker, and doing DSP analysis of the sound to determine if the speaker cone is moving in the correct direction.

As long as you use a standard 1/8" stereo plug, you can use any normal 1/8" to RCA adapter to get the signal into your system. You can also to record the "pop" test signal to a CD, DVD, or another iPod, and play this signal through your speakers.

Works with iAudioInterface and iTestMic.

Select the speaker type filter, Woofer, Midrange, or Tweeter. This selects either a 125Hz, 500-2000Hz, or 8000Hz filter, to make the readings more reliable.

Once you have the test signal coming out of the speaker, position your phone near the speaker (we suggest you flip it over to point the internal mic directly at the speaker -- the display will flip). In a few seconds you will get the reading on the screen, either a Plus or a Minus. Plus indicates correct speaker polarity, Minus means you need to swap the wires coming into the speaker.

We also have stereo and surround test signals available for download from our web site which are ready for burning to CD or DVD. See our web site or for more information. Note that iDVD will not burn encoded surround files, a more advanced DVD burning authoring program is required. Some folks have had success with Toast. We also sell test DVDs on our web site.

See our other audio apps: AudioTools, our premier audio and acoustics test and analysis app, SPL, the professional grade sound level meter for the iPhone, SPL Graph, for recording SPL over time, RTA, a 1/3 octave real time analyzer, FFT, for detailed acoustic analysis, ETC, the Energy Time Curve app, RT60, for automated octave-band decay time analysis, and Generator, the iPhone signal generator. Watch for more coming soon.
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Available in countries
Country Price
Canada 6.99 CAD
China 38 CNY
France 5.99 EUR
Germany 5.99 EUR
Italy 5.99 EUR
Netherlands 5.99 EUR
Portugal 5.99 EUR
Spain 5.99 EUR
Poland 5.49 EUR
UK 4.99 GBP
India 499 INR
Japan 700 JPY
Korea, Republic Of 6600 KRW
Poland 29.99 PLN
Russia 449 RUB
Turkey 199.99 TRY
USA 4.99 USD
Korea, Republic Of 5.49 USD
Ukraine 5.99 USD
Available for devices
iPodTouchSecondGen, iPhone3G, iPhone3GS, iPadWifi, iPad3G, iPhone4, iPodTouchThirdGen, iPodTouchFourthGen, iPad2Wifi, iPad23G, iPhone4S, iPadThirdGen, iPadThirdGen4G, iPhone5, iPodTouchFifthGen, iPadFourthGen, iPadFourthGen4G, iPadMini, iPadMini4G, iPhone5c, iPhone5s, iPadAir, iPadAirCellular, iPadMiniRetina, iPadMiniRetinaCellular, iPhone6, iPhone6Plus, iPadAir2, iPadAir2Cellular, iPadMini3, iPadMini3Cellular, iPodTouchSixthGen, iPhone6s, iPhone6sPlus, iPadMini4, iPadMini4Cellular, iPadPro, iPadProCellular, iPadPro97, iPadPro97Cellular, iPhoneSE, iPhone7, iPhone7Plus, iPad611, iPad612, iPad71, iPad72, iPad73, iPad74, iPhone8, iPhone8Plus, iPhoneX, iPad75, iPad76, iPhoneXS, iPhoneXSMax, iPhoneXR, iPad812, iPad834, iPad856, iPad878, iPadMini5, iPadMini5Cellular, iPadAir3, iPadAir3Cellular, iPodTouchSeventhGen, iPhone11, iPhone11Pro, iPadSeventhGen, iPadSeventhGenCellular, iPhone11ProMax, iPhoneSESecondGen, iPadProSecondGen, iPadProSecondGenCellular, iPadProFourthGen, iPadProFourthGenCellular,

Latest version Speaker Polarity: 4.5

-Updated for latest iOS devices and calibrations
-Bug fixes and operational improvements

Apps Changes History:
  • 3 months ago: New App Version 4.3 ☛ 4.5
Pas de signal à la sortie de lIphone..

Pas réussi à sortir le son de test par liphone. Jai essayé avec le son téléchargé sur le site.. Bof.. Ça oscille entre + et - ... Alors phase ou hors phase??

Misst falsch!

Sehr ärgerlich: Kopfhörer vors Mikro gehalten und unterschiedliche Phasen für die Filter angezeigt bekommen. Auch der Test an Profi-Studiomonitoren bringt kein zufriedenstellendes Ergebnis. Für das Geld erwarte ich dringend ein Update!!!

Very nice

I loaded the click aiff into iTunes, then put it on my iPod classic. Now its in my playlist. iPod classic is normally at foh and iPhone always in pocket. How conveniant to have that option without extra gear or fuss! Works as it should. Awesome.

Brilliant..

Very handy

Works as advertised!

I recently hooked up surround speakers in a house that was pre wired for them. Unfortunately whoever wired it chose to use plain wire without any indication of positive or negative. I was strongly suspicious that my speakers were wired backward, and I found this app. Sure enough one of the surrounds was out of phase, and after fixing it they sound dramatically better! This is one of those apps that is well worth the 5 bucks. Im very pleased. Thanks!

Amazing - it totally works!

This is cool. I actually found a speaker wired backwards in my surround system. Awesome!

Works as advertised

Discovered an internal miswire on a speaker....

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