@vthokie83 said:
What I do know is (after break in) if I connect the cables in the opposite direction, there is an immediate degradation is sound quality.....easily noticeable, almost a haze over the sound, loss of detail, and with the speaker cables more sibilant.
From my listening experiences as well. It is said all wire that is drawn through a die is directional. Experimenting, listening to ICs made from stranded wire I could not hear any differences in changing cable direction. ICs made using solid core conductors I can hear differences when the cables are flipped end to end.
ICs cable made of solid core silver wire conductors were/are the most noticeable.
A great IC cable to experiment with to hear differences in cable directionality is Clear Day silver ICs. From my listening experience they sound best with arrow pointing to the receiving equipment.
Coax digital cables with a solid core conductor are also directional.
What I do know is (after break in) if I connect the cables in the opposite direction, there is an immediate degradation is sound quality
JMHO, the dielectric, insulation covering the wires, needs to settle in again. The signal actually travels in the dielectric and not in the conductor. The conductor wire is the guide for the electromagnetic wave that carrys the signal from the source to the receiving equipment.
Here is a picture of a coaxial cable. Note the wire conductors carry the supply voltage potential. The conductors also carry the current, (electric charge). The actual signal travel in the space between the two conductors. The dielectric, insulation.
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Example: Power flow in a coaxial cable
V on left side of picture = applied source voltage.
I in the wire conductor = current
The Green Arrows represent the signal and the direction of the signal flow.
The signal Does Not flow back and forth. The signal energy travels in one direction from the source to the load.
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