Differences between cd transports?

" I mean that all wire and cable will *sound better* in one direction than the other direction."

Rather than expensive hifis with all those wires (not to mention all the other integrated electrical components some lazy engineer stuck in there haphazardly with consequences unknown), a true purist might consider dumping all that and listening to two tin cans with a single wire connecting them to have an very good chance of getting it all right.

I’m sure rebbi is grateful for all relevant advice regarding CD transport differences including Geoffkait’s wire warnings and is considering it all appropriately for what it is worth while rolling his eyes and maybe even heading for saner turf elsewhere.

To geoffkait:
Ok.... so having directionality means that a cable will sound better when the signal is sent in one direction rather than the other.
Now.... what is the precise physical explanation for this behaviour? 

Zimmerma rather than more useless and redendant posts on wire directionality from Don Quixote, ie Mr. Kait, polluting this thread and the Audiogon site in general, here is a reference that explains his position, not that it really matters:

https://www.stereophile.com/content/wire-directionality-how-bad-it

Nothing new to report ......the story remains the same. That same horse has been beaten solo by Mr. Kait here 100s, maybe thousands of times. I guess when you are in the business and have little to offer of value beside Teleportation Tweaks, Clever Clocks, Brilliant Pebbles, and Dark Matter, any publicity is good publicity.

I take your point, mapman.

However, after working my way through the longgggg Stereophile exchange between Mr Kait and his critic/commentators, I am none the wiser about what his actual claim about "directionality" is. "Sounds better" is not a physical property.

What one wants from him is: 1. An actual physical description of what directionality is, and 2. Given that, an actual physical explanation of how that physical phenomenon occurs in wires and cables....

You know, physics "all the way down."

It does not seem to be forthcoming, however.

Alas.... 

And lest we forget, it's extremely likely that none of the wires inside any of your gear was assembled with any thought of wire or PC trace "directionality," and although I follow the little arrows on ICs or labelling of "speaker" or "amp" on my speaker cables (hey, it's because it's there, and I don't want whoever put the little arrows on 'em to have their feelings hurt), even the wires inside your speakers, especially board traces and any other tiny wires, are utterly random relative to alleged "directionality." Facts...nothing like facts, ya know?