Directionality of wire

That’s preposterous. Why on Earth would you believe cables can be directional but not fuses?

Because as I’ve said numerous times in numerous fuse-related threads in which you’ve participated:

If Geoff’s comments about all wires being significantly directional are to be believed, then these differences [referring to the almost infinitesimal direction-related differences in fuse resistance that are reported in the HiFi Tuning paper which you continue to cite] would be totally swamped by BOTH the resistances and the alleged direction-related resistance differences of the vastly longer associated wiring. In the case of mains fuses, that would include the power transformer and the power wiring in the component, as well as the power cord and the AC wiring in and outside of the house.

Those having an understanding of how resistances or other electrical quantities that are in series combine, as well as an understanding of the fact that most cable parameters and cable effects are proportional to length, will understand that. Or, more precisely, **almost** all of them will. There are always a few outliers, as you would say.

You may disagree, and for that matter I’d expect that you will find some way to disagree. But I wouldn’t be so quick to characterize my contention as "preposterous."

Regards,
-- Al

+1 Almarg

...a voice of reason in an ocean of purveyors of fanciful misinformation

Hilarious coming from one of the biggest fish in that ocean shadorne.

Dave

Ignoring all the wonderful comments before me, the original statement was about an NRG-10 AC cable being directional. Forgetting audio signal connectors for a second, and commenting strictly on AC power cables ONLY, I find the whole subject silly and mute based on one simple fact. AC is alternating current, as in it changes direction 120 times a second, or sixty cycles. That's why every AC-DC power supply design uses some form of a bridge rectifier. And to state on the NRG-10 web-page, "No matter how perfect an AC power source, distortion is added within any AC cable, especially within a stranded cable. Even the most sophisticated filters and power supplies cannot eliminate this cable-induced distortion." I would think that just a few audio equipment designers would have been insulted by now.
Thanks, Steve

>>>>I recently wrote him on the subject and he responded that absent shunting off to ground/dialectric designs, the idea of wire directionality is a complete myth. Same with resistors and fuses. <<<<<

He is going to alienate a good number of audiophiles if what you stated was an accurate quote of what he said.. Well... brand new IC’s may not be directional out of the box. And, brand new speaker cables may not be. But, after long use? Reversing the direction on my system is an obvious change in what is heard. As for fuses? He should not say that. It will make some audiophiles think he can not hear. On a good system? One that you are familiar with? It becomes obvious. That is... if the system has transparency to begin with. Sorry... it might turn out to be a form of "color blindness of the ears" that some do not realize they have. It may be a DNA issue. One that some can, and some can not, hear these differences. No. Its not my imagination. I have repeated this .. and every time I get the same results.