So what differences do people hear when cables are in the preferred direction versus the opposite? For an audible difference the cable must be imparting some specific signature, be it distortion, attenuation or or some other characteristic. Whether it is measurable or otherwise quantifiable is arbitrary. I’m willing to accept that there is a qualitative difference that some people are capable of detecting.
Since the charge moving through the cable is variable with the audio signal, only one side of that signal is moving charge in the preferred direction. Therefore, whatever sonic signature is imparted to the signal, it is acting differently on the positive part of the waveform than the negative part. If the cable is reversed then the characteristic signature is inverted and the opposite polarity of the waveform is moving charge in the preferred direction.
So if the cable is directional then in order to hear it, one would need to be able to differentiate between the cable’s effect on the positive part of the signal versus the negative part.
Has anyone done the experiment of listening to a system in all 4 configurations?
Cable direction A - non-inverted
Cable direction A - inverted
Cable direction B - non-inverted
Cable direction B - inverted
Somebody must have tried this, right?
Since the charge moving through the cable is variable with the audio signal, only one side of that signal is moving charge in the preferred direction. Therefore, whatever sonic signature is imparted to the signal, it is acting differently on the positive part of the waveform than the negative part. If the cable is reversed then the characteristic signature is inverted and the opposite polarity of the waveform is moving charge in the preferred direction.
So if the cable is directional then in order to hear it, one would need to be able to differentiate between the cable’s effect on the positive part of the signal versus the negative part.
Has anyone done the experiment of listening to a system in all 4 configurations?
Cable direction A - non-inverted
Cable direction A - inverted
Cable direction B - non-inverted
Cable direction B - inverted
Somebody must have tried this, right?