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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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jollygreenaudiophile2
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Directionality.
Yes cabling, "All" is directional "to a point",
 from the time the wire itself is first drawn. "It has a polarity", and that is the beginning. Regardless of the process used to draw the wire or the metallurgy involved. In a way, "Many ways in fact". None of that matters when it comes to this concept.
I am not going to begin a treatise here on the interactions "At the subatomic level", of particles and their interactions with other fields, particles and other phenomenon. OR, the field/polarity and wave interaction theories and such. But if you really wish to know the reasoning and means for understanding this concept of, "Directionality". You can look there for a start and see where it takes you..
Proof? We have math. AND your ears. That's it at this point.
But then, All Newton had was a bruised apple.
Personally, I think it is all the fault of a one Mr. "Higgs Boson" myself.
But that's just me!
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thecarpathian
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There was a jollygreenaudiophile1??!

andy2
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If the impact on frequency response is <0.1db there is little(no) evidence we can detect a difference and even more variance at the upper end of the spectrum to detect a difference. Now try to find a cable not inherently directional, i.e. with circuitry that has 0.1db difference in the audio spectrum by changing direction. Feel free to use square waves for tests with bandwidth limiting and real speakers for transmission line effects.
I don’t think it’s just one number. Anyway, I think our audible perception of music is a bit more complicated than just one or two simple measurements.

Also why ".1dB"? Somebody would come here and say "no, it’s more like 0.08dB". It seems a bit arbitrary.  And it comes back to what has been said "who gets to decide?".

Also you may have a situation in which you have a set of cables all will meet your "0.1dB" threshold, but they all will sound different for obvious reason.
gpgr4blu
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I believe that there are aspects of hearing that machines do not measure.

andy2
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I think human hearing is just to complicated to be analyzed by just one or two numbers.  
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