Try them both directions and decide which sounds better to use. There is no right or wrong way.
Directional wires/cables
Is there any reason to support the idea that cables, interconnects or any other kind of wiring can be considered directional? It seems that the theory is that carrying current will alter the molecular structure of the wire. I can't find anything that supports this other than in the case of extreme temperature variation. Cryo seems to be a common treatment for wire nowadays. Extreme heat would do something as well, just nothing favorable. No idea if cryo treatment works but who knows. Back to the question, can using the wires in one direction or another actually affect it's performance? Thanks for any thoughts. I do abide by the arrows when I have them. I "mostly" follow directions but I have pondered over this one every time I hook up a pair.
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Wow, all this technobabble is giving me a splitting headache. I received my EE in 1976. Wire directions never came up in any of our studies. Perhaps it wasn’t known at the time? The school, Roger Williams University had an excellent Electrical Engineering program. Like I said in the second or third post to this thread, if there are not any arrows on the cable, try it both ways and if you hear a difference to the better, put the cables that way. Easy Peezy. |
@jea48 , honestly, I don’t remember, it was 50 years ago. I would say through the wire. I don’t know if it was even covered. I always took it as a given the signal goes through the wire. I think at the time, Monster Cable had just debuted. I was using Mogami speaker wire at the time because a friend who worked for the telephone company got his hands on some. |