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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
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geoffkait
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“If I could explain it to the average dude or dudette they wouldn’t have given me the Nobel prize.”

“People would be generally better off if they believed in too much instead of too little.”

When I come here I keep a journal mostly of all the good jokes so I can show them to people in the future where I come from. They say they like them a lot since there are no audio forums in the future and certainly not jokes of this caliber. I had to get back on a few of my medications I had forgotten about.
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justmetoo
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Yes Sir!
Is why I kept saying follow them arrow(s), right?
An' if yer h'aint got those, follow the writing. Sharp! 
No Nobel Price needed, just follow simple instruction! Right there on that cable, I do... and what will follow?

Peace 🕊 of mind! OMMMM... OMMMM 🙏

T' works for me, yes, does.
Wanna come check it out? 🤔
💐 Welcome! 👍 
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geoffkait
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I won’t mention any names, but somebody’s been following the wrong sheep.

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elliottbnewcombjr
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an understatement to be sure:

" Very good article. I got to listen to a cable brought to my store wired both ways, right and wrong. The change is not suttle but monumental."

add 2,3,4 'monumental' improvements, what an obvious difference they must make, correct????


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geoffkait
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An excerpt for the OP article,

“While wire directionality is not fully understood, it is clear that because of the wire casting process, the internal grain structure of the conductor has a slight chevron shape, and it is this physical difference that is consistent with which direction the wire sounds better. When the directionality is “backwards” there is a loss of resolution, cymbals sound like a spray-can and are truncated, voices are grainy and lack presences, the sound stage is flattened, and bass is less defined. When the wire directionality is correct, the music is more relaxed, resolving, delineated, more present, open, and believable.”

>>>>While that doesn’t really explain the mechanism, the operational details, for what is happening to the signal, it does a good job explaining what the sonic effects of directionality are.
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