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Directionality Explained

I have read it argued against by those who think they know
Here is proof
Paul Speltz Founder of ANTICABLES shares his thoughts about wire directionality. Dear Fellow Audiophiles, As an electronic engineer, I struggled years ago with the idea of wire being directional because it did not fit into any of the electrical models I had learned. It simply did not make sense to me that an alternating music signal should favor a direction in a conductor. One of the great things about our audio hobby is that we are able to hear things well before we can explain them; and just because we can’t explain something, doesn't mean that it is not real. 

https://www.monoandstereo.com/2020/05/wire-directionality.html#more
tweak1
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geoffkait
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You can put Humpty Dumpty back together again. The decreasing diameter of the dies insures that you can’t get back to a symmetrical lattice structure no matter what you do, even if the wire is reversed from one die to the next. which it almost certainly isn’t. Why would it? If it doesn’t make sense it’s not true. You guys will think up all kinds of crazy things, though.  I’m only humoring humoring you. 🤗
djones51
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After it is pulled through the die it goes through annealing where  recrystalization occurs. Electrons is copper bounce around every which direction voltage is applied causing charge flow. Nothing about this process would cause audible differences in which direction the voltage is applied to the wire. Instruments can measure well beyond human hearing no golden ears required. 
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geoffkait
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Gong! Another crazy idea by the pseudo skeptic side. You cannot reverse the physical deformation once it’s occurred. Nothing is written unless I say it’s written. 
heaudio123
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If you cant' reverse the physical deformation once it's occurred then why do you go on incessantly about cryogenic treatment?  .... you can't say something can't be changed, then say you can make a change. Which is it?

Your ignorance w.r.t. annealing does not make it untrue either, but it is not like we are keeping a running count of foot in the mouth disease.
djones51
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There are two stages recovery and recrystalization . Recrystalization extinguishes offsets in the drawn wire making its characteristics very close to the rods before the drawing process. If the deformations are not gotten rid of as much as possible it decreases the conductivity of the wire. 
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