Audioquest or no, its quite impossible for a wire in an AC power cord to express any directionality. To do so would be taking on characteristics of a diode as George (+1), kosst (+1) and Al (+1) have all pointed out.
What *is* possible is that the shield of the cable might be hooked up at one end or the other (as opposed to the ground connection, which is the green wire) which *might* make a difference somehow, and certainly the finished power cord has connectors at either end that tend to make it directional :)
Put another way, its quite possible to hear differences in power cords and to also confirm the differences through simple measurement. OTOH, its quite impossible to hear differences in the direction of AC wiring, and this is easily confirmed by the fact that measurement of such yields a null.
When someone suggests to you that a wire in a power cord has a directional quality, the best plan of action is to turn in the other direction and run as hard as you can.
Since Geoff has discovered this thread, it will no longer suit to continue posting to it or reading it as per usual; snake oil has a highly ephemeral quality and much of it will be applied soon, yielding a similar result as with a directional AC wire.
What *is* possible is that the shield of the cable might be hooked up at one end or the other (as opposed to the ground connection, which is the green wire) which *might* make a difference somehow, and certainly the finished power cord has connectors at either end that tend to make it directional :)
Put another way, its quite possible to hear differences in power cords and to also confirm the differences through simple measurement. OTOH, its quite impossible to hear differences in the direction of AC wiring, and this is easily confirmed by the fact that measurement of such yields a null.
When someone suggests to you that a wire in a power cord has a directional quality, the best plan of action is to turn in the other direction and run as hard as you can.
Since Geoff has discovered this thread, it will no longer suit to continue posting to it or reading it as per usual; snake oil has a highly ephemeral quality and much of it will be applied soon, yielding a similar result as with a directional AC wire.