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Actually that post was directed at MrD.  
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@dorkwad yep I know who he is. That comment was made because it was my understanding that he had not tested from pre amp to power amp. I was concerned about doing harm to my power amp making that type of connection. So by him testing it thus takin... 
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@dorkwad oh very cool. So nothing blew up hu lol... thats great. This will indeed be my next experiment for sure. Looking forward to hearing the results. Thanks to Doug for taking one for the team and being brave enough to try it. Did not really w... 
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@michaellent Well 1st im happy your amused. It should be entertaining but at the same time I think its healthy to have the debate as there are soooo many things that are simply marketing with a lot of this stuff. Getting to the truth if possible w... 
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@stevecham Thanks for the input Steve. much appreciated.  
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Im just going to delete the post. Sorry I asked the question.  
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@geoffkait Dude Im just telling you what the man told me. Why do we need to argue about that??? Just forget it.  
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LOL. Ok I hear you. MA suggests direction of signal down their cables. Where its shielding or for whatever reason. They recommomend connecting their cables a certain way (directionally) in regards to single flow. I suspect they do that for a reaso... 
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@geoffkait Well that's a good question actually. I don't know for sure. I only know what the manufacture says. MA along with other manufactures sell "directional cables" some indicate the direction with an arrow on the connector, MA indicates the ... 
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Same thing Geoff said. I just wonder if there is enough current in an IC to actually cause this to happen.  
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Elizebeth I think I would also agree that its the insulation that’s changing and not the actual wire. I would think In the same way a capacitor forms after use. The dielectric gets charged and the cable becomes a capacitor to a certain degree. Right? 
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All good questions. Above my pay grade but it will be intersting to hear what others say.  
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Good hypothesis. Sounds reasonable to me.  
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@mkgus haha. Actually not sure why I’m laughing because I actually thought about that and I wondered why no one has gone to those lengths to prove/disprove if anything physical actually does happen with cables after a long time use (at least I hav...