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Directionality of wire

I am a fan of Chris Sommovigo's Black Cat and Airwave interconnects. I hope he does not mind me quoting him or naming him on this subject, but Chris does not mark directionality of his IC's. 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. My hunch is that 95% of IC "manufacturers", particularly the one man operations of under $500 IC's mark directionality because they think it lends the appearance of technical sophistication and legitimacy. But even among the "big boys", the myth gets thrown around like so much accepted common knowledge. Thoughts? Someone care to educate me on how a simple IC or PC or speaker cable or fuse without a special shunting scheme can possibly have directionality? It was this comment by Stephen Mejias (then of Audioquest and in the context of Herb Reichert's review of the AQ Niagra 1000) that prompts my question;

Thank you for the excellent question. AudioQuest provided an NRG-10 AC cable for the evaluation. Like all AudioQuest cables, our AC cables use solid conductors that are carefully controlled for low-noise directionality. We see this as a benefit for all applications -- one that becomes especially important when discussing our Niagara units. Because our AC cables use conductors that have been properly controlled for low-noise directionality, they complement the Niagara System’s patented Ground-Noise Dissipation Technology. Other AC cables would work, but may or may not allow the Niagara to reach its full potential. If you'd like more information on our use of directionality to minimize the harmful effects of high-frequency noise, please visit http://www.audioquest.com/directionality-its-all-about-noise/ or the Niagara 1000's owner's manual (available on our website).

Thanks again.

Stephen Mejias
AudioQuest


Read more at https://www.stereophile.com/content/gramophone-dreams-15-audioquest-niagara-1000-hifiman-he1000-v2-p...


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The strange case of the self-fulfilling prophecy

The self-fulfilling prophecy in this case being that fuse directionality and wire directionality are not real, that they're FALSE. In this case the self-fulfilling prophecy is being perpetrated by the, uh, Three Amigos. So what is a self-fulfilling prophecy? A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true, by the very terms of the prophecy itself, due to positive feedback between belief and behavior. In the case of fuse directionality the self-fulfilling prophecy takes the form of, "fuse directionality disobeys the laws of science and electricity so must be patently FALSE." And it can be "proved" scientifically and mathematically that fuse directionality is FALSE, a myth.

The self-fulfilling prophecy is, in the beginning, a FALSE definition of the situation evoking a new behavior which makes the original false conception come true. This specious validity of the self-fulfilling prophecy perpetuates a reign of error. For the prophet will cite the actual course of events as proof that he was right from the very beginning.

In other words, a positive or negative prophecy, strongly held belief, or delusion—declared as truth when it is actually false—may sufficiently influence people so that their reactions ultimately fulfill the once-false prophecy.

See also Backfire Effect, which is very similar to Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. This thread also provides abundant examples of the Backfire Effect, embracing false beliefs even more strongly when confronted with contradictory views or evidence.

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This discussion has gotten to the point where: https://www.tenor.co/xI6M.gif
And what we need is a kumbaya moment like this: https://www.tenor.co/oEtS.gif

I hope this helps.
All the best,
Nonoise
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What a load of c**p this thread has becomes,.

As you asked before, SHUT IT DOWN  fsonicsmith, before it degrades anymore if that's possible.

Cheers George
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stfoth
Geoff--I think you are misapplying the concept of a self-fulfilling prophecy, here. However, you seem correct on at least the appearance of the backfire effect, on both "sides."

sfroth, how can the Backfire Effect apply to anyone except the naysayers? You know, since fuse directionality is real. The naysayers just won't take no for an answer, that's all. Live and let die, I say.
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