What do we hear when we change the direction of a wire?


Douglas Self wrote a devastating article about audio anomalies back in 1988. With all the necessary knowledge and measuring tools, he did not detect any supposedly audible changes in the electrical signal. Self and his colleagues were sure that they had proved the absence of anomalies in audio, but over the past 30 years, audio anomalies have not disappeared anywhere, at the same time the authority of science in the field of audio has increasingly become questioned. It's hard to believe, but science still cannot clearly answer the question of what electricity is and what sound is! (see article by A.J.Essien).

For your information: to make sure that no potentially audible changes in the electrical signal occur when we apply any "audio magic" to our gear, no super equipment is needed. The smallest step-change in amplitude that can be detected by ear is about 0.3dB for a pure tone. In more realistic situations it is 0.5 to 1.0dB'". This is about a 10% change. (Harris J.D.). At medium volume, the voltage amplitude at the output of the amplifier is approximately 10 volts, which means that the smallest audible difference in sound will be noticeable when the output voltage changes to 1 volt. Such an error is impossible not to notice even using a conventional voltmeter, but Self and his colleagues performed much more accurate measurements, including ones made directly on the music signal using Baxandall subtraction technique - they found no error even at this highest level.

As a result, we are faced with an apparently unsolvable problem: those of us who do not hear the sound of wires, relying on the authority of scientists, claim that audio anomalies are BS. However, people who confidently perceive this component of sound are forced to make another, the only possible conclusion in this situation: the electrical and acoustic signals contain some additional signal(s) that are still unknown to science, and which we perceive with a certain sixth sense.

If there are no electrical changes in the signal, then there are no acoustic changes, respectively, hearing does not participate in the perception of anomalies. What other options can there be?

Regards.
anton_stepichev
The RAMBLE was calling a spade a spade. WE THAT WAS ME. Used and have used and understood wire direction for 35 years...

You have not... That comment is pretty simple.. Your behind times, WAY BEHIND, like suckin butt behind...

If you'd pay attention I might teach you something.. BUT I know.. you learned or was taught.. BY Smart Guys.. LOL I been fixing YOUR messes for years.. AND yes I worked Aviation also.. There are mechanics in space AND on airplanes.. Once again, I was a rear door man on a 123 provider..

KEEP talkin.. you're just about over your head now. I made a few repairs at 27,000 feet.. AND being shot at.. Thank you very much.  No mechanics WHERE.. Marine too.. YUP... There is no LESS THAN in maintenance.  It's ALL important.. Remember.. you eat because of mechanic, just like the water you drink. Not the other way around.. The world goes around because of not in spite of MECHANIC.. EVERY WAR that was ever won or lost..... You got it.. MECHANICS. Silly Shi$

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I spoke with the tech at Audience LLC about the directionality of their speaker wires.  I was getting my Conductor SE speaker wire chopped up and re-terminated. He said that their cables do settle in 1 direction of signal flow. If you reverse the setup of the cable the cable will take a few days to settle into the optimum internal state for that direction. I am not sure how they are measuring this nor do I really care.

I was curious as to why Audience has arrows on their cables. So based on the comments of the tech I can understand why they believe the setup path of their wire matters. 

I have flipped this Conductor SE speaker wire around a few times due to necessity. One end is spades and the other banana. I was not able to hear any difference.
Science dont even understand many of the simplest thing which technology in spite of that use for profit and i am now reading idiot who claim there is a no relation between mars rover and wire constitution and property....

Who knows?



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BTW it’s expensive to get into space because of the worthless people on staff.. the 20/80 rule still applies in space.

20% of the people do 80% of the work always at the expense to tax payers.. Designers butting heads instead of listening to a simple.. "That won’t work". EGGO EGO.. Just like saying cabling has no direction.. Hell it don’t. Dumber than a box or rocks... Fella.. I can see you gonna be put on the Eeyore list... Oh Well, I can’t learn from an old wore out master mechanic, I’m too smart..

You related to Audio2Design? He was pretty thick AT FIRST...

Semi-Regard.. that’s a 2 out of 10 on the regard scale.. It’s going down for sure.. Pay attention.. I’ll put you in the corner, with that silly pointed hat, you're so fond of..