Arrows on cables.

Typically the directionality is for a single ended shield. Two internal conductors with an overall shield connected at one end. Start is the out put of the component to the input of the next.

Does it work? Definite maybe.

AudioQuest claims that the wire drawn through the die will determine which direction the signal should flow due to the "diode" effect in which the metals is oriented...and they listen to each wire to understand how the cable should be assembled. Wow...ok...sure. Seems like SR took this BS from AQ in his marketing.

Nordost says the way the wire is drawn makes no difference. It's the signal flowing through the wire that orients the lattice structure of the wire.

Both are "experts" in conductor metallurgy, apparently.

Which "expert" is correct?

oldhvymec2,884 posts05-12-2021 8:42pmIf you look at the wire it lays like shingles on a roof, 1000 x will do it.

If you keep the orientation just like caps and inductors it does make a difference. Not only in sound but the QC between cables..

A bidirectional barrel Capacitor is still rolled up from small to large, the wire is on either end of the wrap. IT makes a difference which way you solder them in. The same applies to cable construction.

If a manufacture CHOOSES to care for either or neither makes a difference to me.. I KNOW it change the sound consistencies between cables, not create anomalies.

If one manufacture told me, "the draw through the dye didn't matter and one did", who would you pick?

THINK before you answer... Who is really being PICKY about the construction and paying attention to it... Charging you thousands of dollars and CLAIM to be expert cable builders.. NO YOUR SUCKERS..

EASY = I just don't care enough to LOOK at a cable and then assemble it. Or did I mix up LAZY with EASY.

Do you walk away from a fool and his money?

Regards

What flavor is your sucker? Your own thumb?
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https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/is-a-copper-conductor-directional.975195/