Furutech Nanoflux speaker cables

@cleeds 

I have been called worse, mostly by my ex-wife. I read these forums to learn about hifi equipment and music. Most members know much more about the subject than  I do. Some have a better science or engineering background. Too many don't recognize the role of the mind over our perception (although everything else matters) The problem becomes trying to sort out the useful information from the delusional crap. Same problem I have with the news, I read multiple sources from CNN to FOX, figuring the truth is somewhere in between.

I don't consider myself an audiophile, I'm just not that anal. I love music and movies. I'm willing to spend 10s of thousands for high quality equipment. I believe in quality cables but IMO anything more than a few hundred is a waste of money.

I probably need to learn to keep my mouth shut but my filter seems to be weakening with old age. When someone tries to claim an AC signal cable is directional in violation of the laws of physics I snaped. I will try to keep my opinion to myself. As I said, it is a waste of time to argue with the faithful.

@brunomarcs Thank you.  Finally a post that actually contains useful information.  I had missed that nugget of info buried in Furutech's marketing BS.  For anybody else interested in this the actual text is:

"Furutech specifies α (Alpha) Nano-Au-Ag OCC Pure Transmission conductors - one of the best conductors Furutech engineers have found for sound reproduction - terminated with beautifully engineered high-performance rhodium-plated nonmagnetic pure copper spade connectors for the amplifier end and rhodium-plated banana connectors at the other end. "

And you are wrong, I wasn't trying to drum up anything.  Perhaps it was naive of me to hope that I would get a response from somebody who actually owned the cables rather than a bunch of people with opinions based on, well nothing.  But this is Audiogon and pointless debates between uninformed people seems to be the main reason for this site.

It does still leave open the question of whether the company that sold my friend his cables simply ignored his request to terminate the cables in the opposite of the standard way.  He has contacted them and I will post whatever response he gets.  

@stephenjfoster For some reason you seem to think there is an element of religion or faith involved in any of this while forgetting that science is based on observation and experience.  Now I agree with you that subjective experience should be viewed with skepticism.  And a simple model of electricity would assume that LCR (inductance, capacitance, and resistance) is adequate to explain how cables work. That would suggest that all cables with identical LCR are the same. In fact, there are all sorts of credible explanations about how changes in the geometry, materials, shielding, and quality of construction can impact the signal.  Figuring out which, if any of them, are true isn't something I care about.

I started the journey buying spools of 12AWG OFC copper from Amazon.  It is only my experience based on years of critical listening and hundreds of level matched A-B comparisons that ever caused my hard earned dollars to be spent on anything as frivolous as cables.  

For me, the bottom line is even though I am not religious, if God appeared before me you can be d*mn sure I would change my mind and become a believer (after checking for mental illness).  You could discount it as my subjective experience, in the same way you discount that cables can make a difference, but for me it would simply become a new fact about the world.

You might want to spend a moment on self-reflection.  You aren't an audiophile and you haven't posted any information that any well educated person who has spent a week in this hobby doesn't already know.  For some reason you made strident and insulting posts that assume everybody else is stupider and less informed than you are.  Maybe your ex-wife is right?

I was looking at my Furetech cable splitters and they have an arrow on them, it's hard to see but it's there.  

@pinwa 

You and my ex-wife may be right, but I am at peace with myself. I'm aware I have many faults and much to learn.

Never said you were stupid; you are obviously very intelligent and may well be smarter than me.

Never commented on sound quality. Simply stated that any cable that carries an Alternating current signal can't be directional. I stand by that statement. The connectors may only fit one way, that's a mechanical thing, not electrical.

I hold 3 degrees in science, and what you're doing ain't science!

The Scientific method requires:

1. Formulation of a theory

2. BLIND testing of the theory (something audiophiles never agree to)

3. Obtaining Quantifiable, repeatable results (not subjective or observations)

4, Publication of your methods and results

5. Review by your peers (i.e. other scientists need to be able to repeat your results)

I'm done. Wasted too much time trying to convince a true believer. I guess I'm not that bright after all.