Speaker cable arrows???


I bought a used pair of Silverline Audio's Conductor cables. Plugged them in 
and was very pleased with the neutral sound I was getting. Bare wire to the 
speakers, and bananas on the amp end. Then I realized that the arrows on 
the cables where pointing towards the amp. OOPS, I reversed the path 
direction, and couldn't hear any difference. Zero.
My preference would be to have the bananas on the amp end.

Can I disobey the arrows, and run the cables effectively backwards?

markj941
Hilarious. Stop. Guys. Seriously. You’re killing me here.

First of all, it won’t hurt anything. At all. Impossible.

If you hear no difference run them whatever way you want.

Not all cables are directional. At least not always to the extent its obvious to everyone. Obviously.

Cables that are directional are directional. Does not matter how they are hooked up initially, or for how long, or anything like that. They simply sound better one way than another. Always. Permanently.

Cables that aren’t directional may be marked directional by manufacturers that know that is just the kind of thing certain audiophiles will notice, whether they are able to hear these kinds of things or not.



" They simply sound better one way than another. Always. Permanently."
Right, hence the purpose of the arrows ... 
The difference of "directionality" may be subtle, so you may need some pretty high end system to tell the difference.  

For most systems, however, the difference may be too small to be audible.

If anything, the arrows serve to let you know the cables are hooked up consistently either at the amp or speaker ends.    
Trust your own ears. I believe that directionally and "golden ears" are all BS but I usually comply anyway "just in case" ;-) 
Its like the Twilight Zone episode where the guy goes for gas and cuts through the forest and winds up in this town where everything looks the same except nobody knows anything that's happened the last 30 years.