What do the arrows mean on my cable?


And how do I tell the difference between a digital cable and an RCA cable, they look the same.

Are the ones with the arrows more likely to be RCA for analog connections?

jumia

Jea48, thank you for the explanation and link, always better understand the technology behind what sounds good to us. If anyone is bored and wants to read further on some of the technology, I've placed links below. It has to be no coincidence that the interconnects and speaker wires that sound best to MY ears, use similar technologies.

http://anticables.com/faq

https://anticables.com/technical

https://www.morrowaudio.com/pages/ssi-cable-technology

Arrows indicate signal direction which is from source to preamp if present to amp. Usually used with analog signals not digital. Does it matter? Try it and see. If the arrows are there best to follow directions if you must choose.

 

Attached is an image of a typical directional RCA cable (this example is from World’s Best Cables WBC).  The idea here is that the shield collects any noise before it gets to the inner conductors. The shield is only connected at the source end, such as a preamp, and is not connected at the receiving end, such as an amplifier.  This way the shield  noise is not allowed to enter the amplifier.

 

Deer Creek Audio

Well that's interesting. Never would've guessed that it's Connected this way. 

Well that's interesting. Never would've guessed that it's Connected this way.