Directional interconnect cables

I am using directional cables from Siltech. Early summer this year, I reconfigured my system around headphones so that my tube amps could go into hibernation for the summer.

So after getting the headphones setup and listening to my phono stage through headphones, I noticed the left channel was slightly out of whack compared to the right channel. It sounded jumbled like phase was confused slightly. Sure enough, the left IC was backwards in terms of signal direction and cable direction.

I reversed the direction of the cable and everything was balanced. Ahhh...much better.

I know Siltech uses a very specific cable winding/stranding techniques for signal direction. I suspect having the cable in backwards threw off the optimal stranding Siltech employes, thus the left channel phasing was not as accurate as the right channel.

So I learned the 1st had about Siltech's directional cables and how it impacts sound. It does make a difference in this case.

Rodmann,
I did read what you submitted. I also noticed that it was written by a Kimber salesman.

'nough said.

That he's a Kimber salsman doesn't automatically make him wrong. Just so happens Kimber makes some of the most transparent cables on the market. They must know something! Ever heard the saying: If I have to explain, you wouldn't understand?

Rodman99999, I spent thirty years with AT&T. Tell me more about the industry's stand about cable directionality.
I never heard it. What are your sources? Not an attack, I just want to know.

The latest were the guys that installed my RoadRunner(CableVision) cable. They made certain to string the cable from the pole to the house so it came off the spool the right way(signal/printing-their words). I've not made the topic a point of life-long study, and don't intend to obsess about it. Just know what works for me and my system! I had connectivity problems with AT&T Yahoo for 3yrs before giving up on them. It took 4 "technician" visits before one came to the house that actually knew how to use his own line-testing equipment, and found two wiring defects between my house and the server. Those never did get fixed. I was paying for 1.3M and often getting about 428kbps(windy or rainy days).