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Geofkait, how would one reverse the direction of a balanced cable?  the ends are different, should i send them back to the company who made them and have the wire direction reversed?  Assuming they would not laugh at me how would they prove that they did it without little arrows on the wire??

I recently had to disconnect the main power at my house from the street transformer, i asked the guy from the power company about reversing the wires to get the directionality right and he laughed at me, asked what the hell i was talking about.  I mentioned your name Geoff, said you were an expert about wire directionality!  Seriously though, he asked how you measured the difference.  He also mentioned the fact that AC current goes back and forth at 60HZ so half the time it would be WRONG if wire were directional.

It seems the guys who work on AC current every single day have not been trained on wire directionality OR, maybe it just does not exist!

azbrd

Geofkait, how would one reverse the direction of a balanced cable? the ends are different, should i send them back to the company who made them and have the wire direction reversed? Assuming they would not laugh at me how would they prove that they did it without little arrows on the wire??

>>>>The general idea is to control wire and cable directionality during manufacturing. That way you can have your cake 🍰 and eat it too. The cable will then be balanced AND in the correct direction. Otherwise, it’s a compromise. Obviously, you can’t reverse balanced cables or power cords to check on directionality. Duh! 🙄

I recently had to disconnect the main power at my house from the street transformer, i asked the guy from the power company about reversing the wires to get the directionality right and he laughed at me, asked what the hell i was talking about. I mentioned your name Geoff, said you were an expert about wire directionality! Seriously though, he asked how you measured the difference. He also mentioned the fact that AC current goes back and forth at 60HZ so half the time it would be WRONG if wire were directional.

>>>>You measure the difference by measuring the drop in voltage one way, then the other. It’s the direction for which the resistance is less that sounds better. Follow? The AC signal does go back and forth, the power dude was absolutely right about that. But we only care about the signal when it’s traveling toward the speakers. Who cares about the signal going in the opposite direction? 🔛 Hel-loo! That’s why Audioquest controls directionality for their high end power cords. Because in all AC circuits wire is directional. 

It seems the guys who work on AC current every single day have not been trained on wire directionality OR, maybe it just does not exist!

>>>>>So what? People play CDs every day but don’t know that the CD laser is a Quantum device or how quantum physics works. People drive cars every day without knowing how a combustion engine works. 😳 Wire directionality is strictly an audiophile phenomenon. Obviously, electricity “works” in either direction.

GeoffKait,

I’m only quoting the advice you give everyone on this site, to reverse the direction of their wires because they will hear a difference. You never considered that many of use balanced cables and there is no way to do that after the cable is made.  In addition, asking the cable manufacture to construct a balanced cable with the “proper” directionality only gets crickets or laughter because they can’t measure OR hear any difference either direction the cable goes.

So somehow the AC current between an AMP to a speaker behaves differently than the AC current for power to the amp?   BTW, if the signal does not go the opposite direction the AC circuit wont work!

There may be many people who don’t understand how a CD player or a combustion engine works, for sure there are plenty of people on this forum who give flaky Pseudoscience advice!

azbrd
geoffkait,

I’m only quoting the advice you give everyone on this site, to reverse the direction of their wires because they will hear a difference. You never considered that many of use balanced cables and there is no way to do that after the cable is made. In addition, asking the cable manufacture to construct a balanced cable with the “proper” directionality only gets crickets or laughter because they can’t measure OR hear any difference either direction the cable goes.

>>>>I don’t recommend anyone reverse balanced cables. Never did. You’re putting words in my mouth. As you “astutely” observe that would conflict with the direction balanced cables should be connected. As I just got through saying you cannot reverse power cords either, obviously. Duh!

So somehow the AC current between an AMP to a speaker behaves differently than the AC current for power to the amp? BTW, if the signal does not go the opposite direction the AC circuit wont won’t work.

>>>>I certainly did not say that. Do you have reading difficulties? Of course the current goes in both directions. How observant of you.

There may be many people who don’t understand how a CD player or a combustion engine works, for sure there are plenty of people on this forum who give flaky Pseudoscience advice.

>>>>You’re much better at high school name calling than logic. One assumes you have a high school diploma. Maybe not, how should I know? In any case, you should probably stick to comedy.