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Question about physical speakers L/R

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First post, by C0deHunter

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Hello all,
I have a Roland Cakewalk monitor speaker set. The control knobs are located on the RIGHT speaker unit, but since I am left-handed, I would like to have it placed on the left. (for easier reach)

Now, I was not even aware of this fact, and I thought it was actually a LEFT unit (but upon closer inspection, on its back the letter 'R' can be clearly seen), and I confirmed this by accident, when I ran SB16's diagnose.

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Can I keep my speakers just the way they are, but simply swap the RED/WHITE RCA connectors that goes into my speaker then?

I mean is there a *specific* reason these speakers have the R/L labels on them, or is this arbitrary?

Many thanks in advance!

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Reply 1 of 4, by Koltoroc

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switching cables is fine. On most speakers it is arbitrary. I suppose there are weird designs or setups where it might matter, but simple stereo boxes don't care.

Reply 2 of 4, by C0deHunter

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I see, thanks for clarifying that.

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Reply 3 of 4, by Zup

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C0deHunter wrote:

Now, I was not even aware of this fact, and I thought it was actually a LEFT unit (but upon closer inspection, on its back the letter 'R' can be clearly seen), and I confirmed this by accident, when I ran SB16's diagnose.

Not the best way to find it out. Some SB cards came with mixer controls inverted, so some games (i.e.: Tie Fighter) had an option to reverse stereo.

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Reply 4 of 4, by Koltoroc

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Zup wrote:

Not the best way to find it out. Some SB cards came with mixer controls inverted, so some games (i.e.: Tie Fighter) had an option to reverse stereo.

That is a thing with some soundblaster pro cards, not the SB16 or newer

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