Directional interconnect cables

HA ha that is where you are wrong 04rdking, burn in has nothing to do with directionality of the wire. It most likely has to do with the last direction the wire was pulled through the dies before dielectric was applied.

04rdking - Many people don't believe in burning-in either. Common measurements done with Ohmeter, Voltmeter etc get a little bit fuzzy when done at -100dB.

First solid state amps had bright edgy sound, while their manufacturers were proving (measurements) superiority over tube amps - later Transient Intermodulation and other effects were discovered. All I'm saying is that wire might have "some" directional properties and trust cable companies - they certainly know more and have more experience.

I see the OP hasn't been back to his own thread..... Have to agree with Tvad's bar discussion comment......

If you hear a difference, then great. Put the damn cable in the way it sounds best, to you, and enjoy the music..

>Put the damn cable in the way it sounds best, to you, and enjoy the music..

I agree with you 100%

While the proffered definition of drift velocity is not incorrect, the net velocity of an individual electron, it is not of particular interest in sending an electrical signal through a wire. Interesting view of current "the the velocity of electrons requiered to move a few A of current inside a copper wire is only a few mm per second". While the net velocity of a single electron may not be a few mm per second, the meaninful aspect of current flow is not the drift velocity. Current is defined in terms of velocity or rate of charge flow, with an electron of a certain charge in coulombs. Current = dq/dt, with the current in amperes, q or charge in coulombs and time in seconds. The current flow, or the flow of charge carried via electrons, is what is important in a determing the effect of the electrical properties of the conductor on that flow, and finally on the signal that gets turned into sound. The drift velocity is not really applicable to that discussion and more than talking about the spin of the individual electron.