You must believe it makes some difference, since any cables that have arrows have at least some pretension to being high end.
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No, one again I hedged my bets. I have reasonably priced Wireworld cables. I think using ultra cheap cables such as what we used back in the 70s and 80s is probably a bad idea and elected to buy something a notch up. I did get suckered for a moderately expensive USB cable that was reviewed on ASR as being no different than the Amazon generic cable, yet it cost 5x more. |
@vthokie83 said:
From my listening experiences as well. It is said all wire that is drawn through a die is directional. Experimenting, listening to ICs made from stranded wire I could not hear any differences in changing cable direction. ICs made using solid core conductors I can hear differences when the cables are flipped end to end. ICs cable made of solid core silver wire conductors were/are the most noticeable. A great IC cable to experiment with to hear differences in cable directionality is Clear Day silver ICs. From my listening experience they sound best with arrow pointing to the receiving equipment. Coax digital cables with a solid core conductor are also directional.
JMHO, the dielectric, insulation covering the wires, needs to settle in again. The signal actually travels in the dielectric and not in the conductor. The conductor wire is the guide for the electromagnetic wave that carrys the signal from the source to the receiving equipment. Here is a picture of a coaxial cable. Note the wire conductors carry the supply voltage potential. The conductors also carry the current, (electric charge). The actual signal travel in the space between the two conductors. The dielectric, insulation. Click on Link Example: Power flow in a coaxial cable V on left side of picture = applied source voltage. I in the wire conductor = current The Green Arrows represent the signal and the direction of the signal flow. The signal Does Not flow back and forth. The signal energy travels in one direction from the source to the load.
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Jea48, thank you for the explanation and link, always better understand the technology behind what sounds good to us. If anyone is bored and wants to read further on some of the technology, I've placed links below. It has to be no coincidence that the interconnects and speaker wires that sound best to MY ears, use similar technologies. |
Attached is an image of a typical directional RCA cable (this example is from World’s Best Cables WBC). The idea here is that the shield collects any noise before it gets to the inner conductors. The shield is only connected at the source end, such as a preamp, and is not connected at the receiving end, such as an amplifier. This way the shield noise is not allowed to enter the amplifier.
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Deer creek audio through their response above was worth the effort kind of surprises me something as basic doesn't have a widespread consensus. It goes back to the grounding issue, Connect the Ground on both sides of the cable or no and which one do you leave unconnected? Amazing how confusing this is. Basic answers are so elusive. We speak about rabbit hole but it really should be rabbit maze, good luck finding anything you looking for.
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