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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
thecarpathian
4,185 posts
 
Riddle me this one fellers,
If the electromagnetic signal is carried almost exclusively outside a quality conductor, and electrons within do not actually move but vibrate, what does the signal care how the metal lattice is structured?

My apologies if this was already covered, the sniping got old quickly.....
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geoffkait
23,365 posts
 
I don’t wish to put words in anyone’s mouth but nobody said the electromagnetic signal travels outside the conductor. What heaudio123 has been saying is the *energy* travels mostly outside the conductor - I.e., the magnetic and electric fields, which are not the signal itself. So far we haven’t nailed down what the signal actually is, a current, a charge, a voltage, an electromagnetic wave, a frequency, etc.
needlebrush
99 posts
 
And don’t forget to social distance the cables... come on guys, too much time and too little to do. Some of you scare away newbies.
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geoffkait
23,365 posts
 
Thanks for the input needlenose. 🤥
jetter
2,968 posts
 
Thanks for the input needlenose. 🤥
Oh dear, and I and several of his other counselors had such hope that he was finally progressing.





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