So you think wire conductors in cables are directional? Think again...


Here is a very relevant discussion among physicists about the directionality...the way signal and electrons should flow... based on conductor orientation. Some esoteric, high-end manufacturers say they listen to each conductor to see which way the signal should flow for the best audio quality.

Read this discussion. Will it make you rethink what you’re being told and sold?

https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/is-a-copper-conductor-directional.975195/
edgewound
I’m not saying to measure anything. Just don’t cheat and use your eyes when trying to judge what you’re hearing. That’s all.
djones apparently doesn’t know how the brain functions in term of localizing a sound source. Both eyes and ears are needed for the brain to process and localize where the sound is coming from.




mahgister5,543 posts05-21-2021 3:13pm
He’s stuck on physics from 500 years ago. That’s all I need to know. His broadbrushing of engineers is also just plain wrong, ignorant and flat out dumb to make such definitive statements.
I apologized yesterday to you by distorting one of your post about some/all psychologists.... And you were right, sometimes we react not so cleverly than what we think...

I think your answer of this post is way more a distortion than mine was about yours...

I expect your mischaracterization like mine is an accident...

This scientist DOES NOT stick to the newtonian paradign in his post.... Suggesting the opposite is not faithful to his post...


I hope you will recognize that fact ....



My response was not about you.
I apparently know the thread is about wire directionality not spatial cues and localization. Does a backwards wire help you find the speaker in the dark? 

andy21,319 posts05-21-2021 4:04pm
I’m not saying to measure anything. Just don’t cheat and use your eyes when trying to judge what you’re hearing. That’s all.
djones apparently doesn’t know how the brain functions in term of localizing a sound source. Both eyes and ears are needed for the brain to process and localize where the sound is coming from.


This is incorrect. You don’t need to see that a sound is coming from the front, sides, or back. Must you look at a surround sound speaker to hear that it’s coming from the side or rear? Binaural hearing is quite an amazing invention. Eyesight has nothing to do with it. As a matter of fact, lack of eyesight happens to sharpen that sense.

https://knowingneurons.com/2013/03/15/how-does-the-brain-locate-sound-sources/

This is incorrect. You don’t need to see that a sound is coming from the front, sides, or back. Must you look at a surround sound speaker to hear that it’s coming from the side or rear? Binaural hearing is quite an amazing invention. Eyesight has nothing to do with it. As a matter of fact, lack of eyesight happens to sharpen that sense.


Perhaps you need to improve your reference with less elementary one....

https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/news/humans-use-the-visual-part-of-their-brain-when-hearing-sounds-in-the-dark-even-if-they-were-born-without-sight/#